Jess Walter Quotes
My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.
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The Sangh Parivar, against which I had been waging a war, misled the people. My opponents used the Election Commission and the bureaucracy to win a political battle.
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I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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Men have not stacked the decks against women.
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Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience.
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Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
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There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
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I've got the sort of personality that requires me to find some sort of release, and for me, it's performing.
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There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
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Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'
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I've always just been attracted to comedy.
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I went to Paris for a year in 1986 to study theatre; there was a lot of clowning around, buffoonery and fencing. It was then that my own style kind of blossomed.
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Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
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California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.
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I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.
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I don't make judgments about my own work, and I don't analyze it; I just let it happen. That applies to everything I've done.
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The actual getting into the gym and working out process was easier, but the eating was harder. I had to eat every two hours. At one point, my trainer said, 'Put anything in your mouth. Go to McDonald's, get the biggest shake possible. I just need to get calories in you.' Because my body fat at the time was only, like, 7.5%.
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I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.
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As threats emerge - from ISIS to Russia to the Iranian nuclear program - we need a president with the resolve to defend our country and not back down.
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Whether it be through television, or through music, or through dance, or through film, whatever it is, as long as it's the right project that makes sense, then I'm all for it.
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The ultimate comfort zone is within.
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I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!
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I always go home to Buffalo in the offseason. I really enjoy my home town.
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My poems... the ones that start out as jokes become these big ponderous things and the ones that start out ponderous devolve into jokes.
