W. Kamau Bell Quotes
The idea we have of prison is a scary place that also houses crazy people. And, to me, it was like, none of these guys were scary. They may have done things that are violent or scary, but these are not people that I feel nervous being around, and it feels like to me that we're wasting these men's lives in prison.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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I try my damnedest to quirk up anything that I'm in.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
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Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
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The three of us pitched in $15,000 a piece to get it started.
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I shall look forward to a pleasant time.
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Distrust that man who tells you to distrust.
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I have a passion to do theater.
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The idea we have of prison is a scary place that also houses crazy people. And, to me, it was like, none of these guys were scary. They may have done things that are violent or scary, but these are not people that I feel nervous being around, and it feels like to me that we're wasting these men's lives in prison.
