Vanessa Bayer Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I'm very self-critical.
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I want to coach high school football, and that's always what I've wanted to do.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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I want the single player experience.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.
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Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.
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I can't begin to tell you how fulfilling the perennial nature of 'Elf' on television has been for me. It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor.
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There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, "What was that, George, what were you doing?" And he said, "They were sleeping." You're always trying to catch them.
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I sleep a lot on Sunday. It's really great.
