Maz Jobrani Quotes
The fact is, there's good people everywhere. That's what I try and show in my stand-up: good people everywhere. All it takes is one person to mess it up.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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We need to see a Palestinian state.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role, you start to get cast in that role for awhile because that's what people have seen you do, and have hopefully seen you do it successfully.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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American troops and American taxpayers are shouldering a huge burden with no end in sight because Mr. Bush took us to war on false premises and with no plan to win the peace.
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I've got a real love-hate thing with the saxophone. I've got to be careful.
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Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.
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Hangover cure: Rigorous sex, hydration, hot bath, then "go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane. (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls)."
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The fact is, there's good people everywhere. That's what I try and show in my stand-up: good people everywhere. All it takes is one person to mess it up.
