Jenny Slate Quotes

I think I was aware when I started doing stand-up, especially on my own, that, yeah, I'm getting up on stage, and I'm a woman, and I dress in a sort of typically feminine fashion.

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• We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
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• I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

  

  Sam Heughan
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• We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.

  

  Bassem Youssef
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• If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.

  

  Ted Shackelford
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• Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.

  

  Dan Carter
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• News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
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• We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.

  

  Lake Bell
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• My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• I was very driven in high school. I worked a bunch of odd jobs. I never partied. I never drank. I was just a theater geek who was obsessed with movies.

  

  Aaron Paul
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• Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

  

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• It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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• Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
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• A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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• Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.

  

  Wanda Sykes
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• And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.

  

  Bainbridge Colby
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• Life is not easy in politics.

  

  Viktor Orban
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• You are a shithead, Williamson. If you can't think on your feet you oughta keep your mouth shut.

  

  David Mamet

• The black earth drinks, in turnThe trees drink up the earth.The sea the torrents drinks, the sun the sea,And the moon drinks the sun.Why, comrades, do ye flout me,If I, too, wish to drink?

  

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• Right now, I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure that I will end up winning.

  

  Johan Cruyff
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• You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just lets you get on with it.

  

  Emma Donoghue
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• I don't think I am the type of person who thinks, 'I dunno. Things are getting on top of me.' It's not that I think I'm any different to most people. I always make a big effort, to fight with all my strength, make the best of a situation, and always want to win.

  

  Diego Costa
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• I think I was aware when I started doing stand-up, especially on my own, that, yeah, I'm getting up on stage, and I'm a woman, and I dress in a sort of typically feminine fashion.

  

  Jenny Slate
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