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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I'm obsessed with Chinese food and culture. It's food that I adore above all others.
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These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
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I couldn't be messing around and acting like an 11-year-old if we expected to compete well. I wanted to compete well, because it was great to see the looks in the eyes of menlike, "Wow, I am having a hard time beating this kid."
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Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.
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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.
