Michael Ian Black Quotes
I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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Growing up, I was not used to good things happening to me.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
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I've done it all.
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In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people.
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I think a great first date would be something different... not like movies or going to dinner... going rock climbing together... doing an activity and then going to dinner, so that you guys share an experience, and then you have something to talk about, and it's not the same old thing.
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I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.
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Ian Smith.
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New is easy. Right is hard.
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I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person.
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Fifty is the new forty. I always thought my best work would come in the years forty to sixty, if I was fortunate enough to hang around - and it is hard to stick around.
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I'm addicted to a really tough workout. I like to be drenched in sweat when I'm done because I feel accomplished.
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History constantly reminds us that in an uncertain world there is no visibility of prospects. Future earnings cannot be predicted with accuracy.
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If you and I are to be used in our sphere as D.L. Moody was used in his, we must put all that we have and all that we are in the hands of God, for Him to use as He will.
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A woman must be a cute, cuddly, naive little thing - tender, sweet, and stupid.
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Also note that invariably when we design something that can be used by those with disabilities, we often make it better for everyone.
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I think of the brain as a computational device: It has a bunch of little components that perform calculations on some small aspect of the problem, and another part of the brain has to stitch it all together, like a tapestry or a quilt.
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I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.
