Jerrod Carmichael Quotes
I don't like the idea of being a human being, existing, talking to my friends, and having these real human conversations, and then getting to work on a sitcom and turning that part of my brain off.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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Writing books that people want to read is helpful - my most successful book is my only police procedural, a very popular subgenre of the very popular crime fiction genre.
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It is precisely when we have suffered defeat that we can determine to win and open the path to future victory.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I am tone deaf.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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I don't like the idea of being a human being, existing, talking to my friends, and having these real human conversations, and then getting to work on a sitcom and turning that part of my brain off.
