Bill Engvall Quotes
I have been passed over on some things because people didn't think I was edgy enough. But the people who took those gigs are gone now, and I am still here.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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Good comedy is ageless.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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If there's not enough money in the bank account, you don't spend it.
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We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and it's a totally understandable need because we are animals and we need to understand order and where to fit in.
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I know when people are with me or not. It's an instinct.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead.
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I have been passed over on some things because people didn't think I was edgy enough. But the people who took those gigs are gone now, and I am still here.
