Michael Ian Black Quotes
Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
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I believe in doing what I am best at.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives.
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The nurses were all angels in my eyes.
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It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.
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I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers, who are so narcissistic they consider every line of every review, even a thoughtful one, as major treason.
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'Cause when I had my child, people tried to make me feel like life was over for me, and I started to believe that.
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I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.
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Goya, Miró, Matisse, Bosch and Klee.
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I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.
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God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise.
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I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.
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There are a lot of people of my generation in New Zealand literature, young writers on their first or second books, that I'm just really excited about. There seems to be a big gap between the generation above and us; it seems to be quite radically different in terms of form and approach.
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All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.
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The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe.
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She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she's always a woman to me.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be.
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Lisa understands me. I'm very complex, but I have trouble opening up to people. I tend to keep things to myself. All my life, I've been kind of shy - opening up is always a challenge and Lisa can understand that.
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Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.
