Ryan Stiles Quotes
You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.
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I'm from a very close-knit family, and there was something very... I guess you could say normal, about it, and I so appreciate that. We all ate dinner together every single night, and my mom stayed at home with us. I owe a lot to my parents.
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I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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The whole character of Justin and the club life he lives - I have no experience with it. It's really foreign to me, which is annoying, but that's just how it is.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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I've discovered as an author that the process of writing a novel becomes harder over time, not easier. I used to think the reverse must be true, that it would be like any task, and the more I practiced, the more adept I'd become.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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Women are complicated. We all know that.
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What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.
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You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.
