Dave Chappelle Quotes
I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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I don't know many better training grounds than being mayor of San Francisco - those were pretty intense years in terms of reporting and scrutiny.
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Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another.
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To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
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From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.
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I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
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I just always loved stand-up. It's like magic. You say something, and a whole room full of people laughs together. Say something else, they laugh again. The fact that people come to see that and participate in that... I don't know, it's just like magic.
