W. Kamau Bell Quotes
You pretty much have to be bad at it [stand-up] for several years to get good at it, so there's no avoiding embarrassing yourself.
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Geeta. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices is given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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What I enjoy most is that every day I get to play a new character.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.
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I don't have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.
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But Gargoyles, bar none, is the most fun I've ever had in life.
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I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.
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Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.
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I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.
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One of the good things about losing your feet is I can wear all the pointy shoes I want, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I can wear shoes just for fashion now.
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You pretty much have to be bad at it [stand-up] for several years to get good at it, so there's no avoiding embarrassing yourself.
