Joel McHale Quotes
Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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I'm always challenged by someone.
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People are more easily manipulated when they don't have information. If you ensure that kids grow up without basic reading skills, math skills, and so forth, then you ensure that they can't act effectively.
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And I think that, given the opportunity, somebody could really learn a lot just being around me and the girls because it's really nonstop, 24/7 brainstorming and creativity and just trying to get organized and really pack a lot into a day - being there nonstop with all engines blazing.
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I did a lot of theatre when I started out. It was the Lyceum, the Citz, the Tron and the Traverse. I came to London and did the Royal Court, the National, 'King Lear' at the Manchester Royal Exchange. I did little bits of comedy, like 'Rab C Nesbitt,' but I wasn't predominantly about comedy.
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Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.
