Jasper Carrott Quotes
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.
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We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.
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I hate the word sexy.
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Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I thought we had pretty well effectively wiped out al Qaeda.
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For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.
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The most magnificent creature in the entire world, the tiger is.
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Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.
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My mother's families were Mennonites or Anabaptists that came to Minnesota from Russia. They were actually moving around Europe doing diking and lowland reclamation work, and they moved into Minnesota.
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I have always wanted to do a feature film that brings the world of Lisa Frank to life. We have so much backstory on our characters, and they have been alive in my imagination since the beginning.
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I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.
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You have to learn to overcome those feelings when somebody is negative about a production you love or if that production doesn't do well commercially. After 'Gone With the Wind', I felt older. I even thought about quitting the business.
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I want to do things I enjoy, and show business comes fifth or sixth down the line.
