Ryan Stiles Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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I'm no producer's kid.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I love working with women.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.
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You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.
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I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.
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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.
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It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.
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If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!
