Jay Pharoah Quotes
When I got to the stage, it was like a release, you know what I mean? Because it was like, 'Oh, people like me. People like me. They're listening to what I have to say. They're not judging me on how I look; they're judging me on what I'm saying.' So to me, that's what's worth it, and that's what comedians have.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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There are 3.5 million Americans in Puerto Rico. So, just like we're quick to go everywhere else and help, we expect that same of America for Puerto Rico. These are U.S. citizens!
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
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I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
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Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave.
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Poetry is the greatest literature, and pleasure in poetry is the greatest of literary pleasures. It is also the least easy to attain and there are some people who never do attain it.
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
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I have a very simple approach in career: You work with the people you love.
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When I got to the stage, it was like a release, you know what I mean? Because it was like, 'Oh, people like me. People like me. They're listening to what I have to say. They're not judging me on how I look; they're judging me on what I'm saying.' So to me, that's what's worth it, and that's what comedians have.
