Jimmy Kimmel Quotes
At the Emmys, you've got a bunch of people who are used to being on TV on TV. You don't have that at the Oscars. At the Oscars, you have people who are used to having 40 takes.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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Why must everyone need a doctorate to teach? You can be a graduate from my institute in two months and for $11,000.
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I had a notepad and I wrote down 30 things to make myself better just off the top of my head, and the next day I started to do that.
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How wonderful it was to sit on a set with Norman Mailer and get to know him.
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My grandmother knew J.F.K. and L.B.J. That was her world. I enjoy meeting interesting people. But that's not my world.
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Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.
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At the Emmys, you've got a bunch of people who are used to being on TV on TV. You don't have that at the Oscars. At the Oscars, you have people who are used to having 40 takes.
