Maz Jobrani Quotes
Any standup that you see who you go, 'Oh, wow, that guy's, you know, that guy's making it.' Inevitably, they've been doing it 10, 12 years - 10, 15 years. Because it takes time.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
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I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I don't have much time for shopping so I pick things up when I can. My favorite labels are APC, Isabel Marant and Agnes B because the clothes are cut small and have a simplicity to them.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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My literary success meant nothing to me.
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European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
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I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.
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It's not the moment yet for me to enjoy my time as an actor, and as the time goes by, I feel that I need to push myself harder to pay back for all the good fortune that I have received.
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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We are fighting the greatest battle of all time with the most untrained army on earth. If strict discipline is necessary in art and athletics, how can we expect to be advanced Christians and stay in kindergarten?
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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To me 'The Big Easy' is shorthand for owning big stocks that are easy for wary investors to buy into. These stocks tend to outperform during the back half of bull markets.
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A good title is a work of a genius!
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Any standup that you see who you go, 'Oh, wow, that guy's, you know, that guy's making it.' Inevitably, they've been doing it 10, 12 years - 10, 15 years. Because it takes time.
