Kristen Schaal Quotes
My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.
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I write in a small office at home.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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There is simply no room for racial, hurtful language spoken to your colleagues or anyone else.
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
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I'm just not into happy-clappy pop. Unless it's happy-clappy pop in a good way.
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I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
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Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
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If you don't know what to do, find your worst Piece and look for a better Square.
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I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.
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Logic should no longer be considered an elegant and learned accomplishment; it should take its place as an indispensable study for every well-informed person.
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My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.
