Demetri Martin Quotes
When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.

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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it also be improper to see in them a guide, a way of life?
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When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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Talk radio doesn't need to be political.
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When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time.
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As an athlete, you have to become quite selfish with your time and your body and your training.
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I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love Jesus as I did.
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The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.
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When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding.