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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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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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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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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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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I enjoy having the ability to play a variety of ethnicities. Being ethnically ambiguous allows me to explore many roles, and I enjoy being free to be whoever I want to be.
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When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
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We worked solidly for a long time together. George Marriott Edgar and myself.
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Trump is literally the epitome of evil, all the evils of this country - be it racism, capitalism, sexism, homophobia.
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I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.
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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.
