Nick Swardson (Nicholas Roger Swardson) Quotes
Being a good comedian is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
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A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
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The ballets you do make you into the final product you are. And I had extraordinary partners.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
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I was turning actually 15 at the Olympics in '76... I don't think that one year makes a huge difference.
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I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.
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What Wall Street is, they're market makers. Wall Street's business model is making money on velocity of money. They're a click industry. That's what Wall Street is. They make a lot of money when there's a lot of turnover. And they make a lot of money when that velocity is fast.
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Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing with professors and consultants over whether there is one standard deviation or two standard deviations.
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When we die, our spirits go to the spirit world, and our bodies return to the elements of the earth until the resurrection.
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I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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Being a good comedian is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.
