Jeff Ross Quotes
Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can't forget that.
Quotes to Explore
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments, and demonstrations.
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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Growing up, I think I always had a sense of art: a sense that there was poetry in the world. I didn't know where I was going to find it. I didn't know where I was going to fit in, that was for sure. But I kept moving forward. There wasn't a future in anything other than movement.
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I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y.
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I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I did it in 'Sicario' and feel it was the strength of the script - guiding the audience's allegiance toward the villain because they think he's the hero, until it's revealed that he's the villain.
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My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.
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It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
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I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'
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I like having a good time. It's probably my mother's Brazilian genes in me - party, party.
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When we surrender moral government to the courts, we have surrendered the very essence of freedom, we have surrendered its only real meaning-and we will not be free again until we get it back.
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When it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best.
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This economy is not getting better and the president's policies are the reason.
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Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.
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In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
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I'm certainly not an uptight home owner.
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There are conversations about change, and then there is the experience of change, I was a new leader, in a new role, with a broader mandate. It was all new, and I was a woman.
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Comedians second-guessing themselves is scary. Poor taste is not a crime and we can't forget that.
