Stewart Lee (Stewart Graham Lee) Quotes
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.
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There is always that one person in our lives who we deeply love, and that person can also destroy us.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
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I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture.
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
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Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.
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Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.
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It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.
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We expect increased supply of lumber into the U.S. in 2006, particularly from Europe, and that should dampen prices.
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We've got a major problem, we've got a divide between the left, which understands how vital Hollywood and propaganda in communications is, and a conservative movement that thinks "no, we're the ones who are going to solve all the issues in America, we're congressmen, how could you not trust us?".
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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I would hope that the future would have an international community that's not just bent on commerce, but that's focused on refugees, of all kinds and from all places. We don't know that won't happen in the U.S. someday. It literally could be a crisis from climate change, or anything. I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people.
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If you are not able to do something, that is true for the present, not for the future. All the time there's a chance to go a step further. Not to be frustrated.
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Stand-up is more of an organic process. An imagined dialogue with the audience.
