Seth Meyers Quotes
I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
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South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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Balancing my career between two industries has never been an issue. I started with a Telugu film and have a soft corner for the south industry, though I've grown up speaking Hindi. I don't think language can be a barrier when it comes to acting. And, since I come from a theatre background, I'm used to memorizing my lines.
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The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.'
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One of the exciting things about an entanglement puzzle is there's no end to it. Once you solve how to take it apart, you have to solve how to put it back together.
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The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.
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As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.
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My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.
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Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'
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Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
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Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his blandishments by deadly force, and you'll get a perfect idea of how a Charles Schumer or a George Bush feels about armed taxpayers.
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All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water faucet off when you're brushing your teeth from afar. Or to compost. Or to buy 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Or to utilize vintage stores and secondhand markets. Or to fully devote yourself to only buying vegetables from local sources. It is remarkably easy to incorporate sustainable choices into our everyday, busy lives.
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The only way to convert the heathen is to travel into the jungle.
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I was so thankful that I got to go back to comedy and I felt bad that I had abandoned something that I guess I was naturally given and lucky to have an loved all of my life, but didn't love it anymore because I didn't get to do it the right way.
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I did not go into comedy to escape anything. I went into comedy because I had parents who thought it was a reputable way to earn a living.
