Sarah Silverman Quotes
I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
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When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!'
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go.
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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.
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You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.
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People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.
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Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
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I'm glad that I'm able to entertain and be a part of people watching shows and enjoying the work.
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We're pretty excited. It's going to be fun.
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I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.
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Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire.
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I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
