Russell Peters Quotes
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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To go back means defeat.
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When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful.
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In order to reach home, where you have the guidance of cosmic insight, you must first depart from your present location. You cannot remain in the noisy city of your own vanities and expect to know what to do. Cosmic knowledge and personal vanity do not mingle.
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Our dear country, Iran, throughout history has been subject to threats.
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Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.
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I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.
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Ronald Reagan wasn't in the establishment of the Republican Party either, nor was Richard Nixon.
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A comedian is not a man who opens a funny door. He opens a door funny.
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We saw a need to develop a community for artists to get their music out to the masses. With MySpace, when they went out on tour, they could actually tour nationally. The band might have 20,000 friends on their list and send out a bulletin saying, 'I'm going to be in Austin on Tuesday night. Come see our show.'
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Acting-wise, I think I did well in 'Kinatay.' It wasn't talkie, and the acting was intense.
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches.
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It's almost impossible to get a movie all together when there are two main cast members, let alone an ensemble cast with everyone's schedules. It's crazy if it works out.
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I think you can fairly say I spawned or laid an egg that has turned into a lifestyle industry.
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The mobile phone is used from when you get up in the morning and is often the last thing you interact with at night.
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[On her thinness:] It's not what you'd call a figure, is it?
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My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood.
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The Romany culture is not really in the media that much and Jack Thorne wanted to portray that.
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Big Bang is the group I want to be with till I die. I want us to be five members. Forever.
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I'm not a media darling. I'm forever the outsider, for whatever the reason is.
