Maz Jobrani Quotes
Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up, raise families, have bank accounts, fix our teeth and everything else. But really, there is utterly no purpose except to be alive.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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We run to win, not just to be in the race.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.
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There is no sense in getting excited by market cap because it is a tool.
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The women that inspire me are the ones who have careers and children; why would I want to limit myself? I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career. I want to have it all.
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I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.
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Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
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It's usually my mom who gets on me about my facial hair. I can't grow a good mustache, so I guess it's just a neck beard. I just have trouble growing up there.
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Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able to take the reality and exaggerate it.
