Nicholas Kroll (Nick Kroll) Quotes
Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.
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Experts are able to identify patterns related to a specific problem relevant to their area of knowledge. But because nonexperts lack that base of knowledge, they are forced to rely more on their brain's ability for abstraction rather than specificity.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.
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Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
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'Power' is a funny thing. Maybe it's a show that draws people in because they are watching people do things they secretly wish they could do or know they could get away with.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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I do myself up kind of like a doll. I have a doll collection and I look at their outfits and kind of imitate them.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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My big downfall is deep-dish pizza from Chicago. That is why I can't go vegan - I can't give up cheese. I can't give up dairy.
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I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.
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'Rookie' is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in.
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Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
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A Deap Vally renaissance is going to begin next year and will be our focus for the start of 2013. They will blow the cobwebs off a music scene that has become just a little bit stale.
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General Motors spends more on health care than steel.
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With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.
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I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.
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For a decade, I was a stay-at-home mom. I sent my husband to his law office, sat on PTA boards and baked cookies - great cookies. All of a sudden, I had no husband, no job, few prospects, and two small children who had grown accustomed to eating.
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I just have to remember that everybody has their time.
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At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car chase. Even if a lot of the people don't like it, there will be a lot of people that do. But bad comedy is just garbage.
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I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs.
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I'm lucky. I've worked with extremely talented women who won't sacrifice comedy to make themselves look better.
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Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense.
