Michael Ian Black Quotes
With stand-up, you can be as freeform as you want to be. You can say what you want, how you want, at any moment without constraint.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
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As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.
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Infosys demonstrated to the world that an Indian company could implement standards of quality, operations, finance that compare with the best. That is a legacy I am happy with.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a Christian would be boring. In reality, it has been the complete opposite.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.
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I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.
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There were times my mom and I butted heads - over my curfew, over something like that. Whenever we would hit these moments of emotional backfire, she would say, 'You just don't understand what it's like to be a mother... I could never handle losing you.' I was like, 'OK, but just, like, chill out.'
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With stand-up, you can be as freeform as you want to be. You can say what you want, how you want, at any moment without constraint.
