Jenny Slate Quotes
It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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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.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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If you don't have a healthy relationship with yourself, how can you with anyone else? Even if it's not healthy, I imagine it's a lot of fun. And healthy or not, I still think there can be a lot of love.
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Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.
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I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
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With my husband, I have twice sailed across the Atlantic in a sailboat one third the length of the Mayflower. I know Atlantic gales inside and out. I endured one that lasted for three days with winds up to fifty knots.
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I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
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I've never played anybody like a cop before.
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It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.
