Jenifer Lewis Quotes
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I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the past 10 or 15 years, bad as it is, is nothing compared to the kind of things people would write down and sing back in the Civil War.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
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The real reason why people are going with digital is that it's extraordinarily mobile, and it's cheaper, and it has a great image, and you just can't beat it at night. It's pulling in variations of colors; it's pulling in lights from 40 miles away - a candle would be seen.
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Never judge a stranger by his clothes.
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Brazil is on my side.
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Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
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I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.
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Dance is my passion.
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Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
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Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
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I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it.
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To retire is to die.
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You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.
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I lean closer to him, so close I can smell his skin, and when I speak, I can see how the little hairs near his ear move with my breath. "I also want you to know that I won't kill you right away. But that you'll wish I had.
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Crucially we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness, with the Earth & every other living thing; we have just been insanely trying to figure out how to live with each other, billions of each other, only we're not living with each other our crazy selves are living with each other, and perpetuating an epidemic of disconnection.
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If you don't love it, don't touch it.
