Maz Jobrani Quotes
One of the jobs of comedy is to expose hypocrisy. When you look at countries like Iran or North Korea that don't have freedom of speech, we who do should push it as far as we need to.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
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A different language is a different vision of life.
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Even before ObamaCare, the government took care of the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the public who were on Medicaid.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.
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To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
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Tim Bee has demonstrated his toughness and his compassion, his ability to lead while at the same time listening to others. These are skills few people in public life have. We need Tim Bee working for us in Congress.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.
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The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.
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One of the jobs of comedy is to expose hypocrisy. When you look at countries like Iran or North Korea that don't have freedom of speech, we who do should push it as far as we need to.
