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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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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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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Death is senseless yet makes way for the living.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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By being discontented, the spirit searches for ways to improve its condition and for a better channel for expressing itself. This sense of discontent is the engine that drives all creativity and innovation... Our blue moments are a necessary part of our human evolution.
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I've done a lot of pilots, and they're all so expositional. In the beginning, I think that it is important to make sure that the audience is invested in us.
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Stand-up is more of an organic process. An imagined dialogue with the audience.
