Demetri Martin Quotes
Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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My father is an amazing person.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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Amazon's 'Twitch' appears to be creating a service that operates like Twitter.
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Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
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I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.
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I do not believe having a baby is punishment.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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In the mid nineteenth century, the typical murderer was a drunken illiterate; a hundred years later the typical murderer regards himself as a thinking man.
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Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it.
