Howard E. Koch Quotes
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I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
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I will be the last person to condemn ALF the Animal Liberation Front.
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I did years of summer stock. I sort of only wanted to be an actor. And then at 19, I was funny, and I had some of these bits that I did for friends, and I immediately could get on television.
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I remember I used to sleep on my records. In a room with no furniture. I remember I used to sleep in my car.
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I learned a lot just watching people perform.
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I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns.
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You have to believe. You have to stick to your guns.
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What makes a really great fighter is a combination of ingredients: one is everything physical that you can do, and the other is what's mentally there for you. And I think that comes down to how big your heart is and what's driving you.
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Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
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A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.
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I learned the biggest lesson just watching Ed McMahon, watching him watch Mr. Carson's monologue.
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If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.
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I can't say that I ever abided nerd stereotypes: I was never alone or felt outcast.
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Be yourself, whatever it is. Even if it's scary.
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The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.
