Dane Cook Quotes
My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back now, I can see how influential it was on my screenwriting because here you have what looks to be a crime procedural, and it's actually a study in race and loneliness, and a perception of an era.
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Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.
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I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.
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Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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My grandma taught me how to hand-sew, so I'm always making things from hand-me-downs.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.
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In some ways, I feel like I've been such a dilettante for so many years, just picking up instruments and stretching myself so thin.
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I'm a producer... I am a Hollywood producer. That is so weird. And it's not lame. But it's just like, how did that happen?
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The core concept of Samasource is essentially that technology helps us unlock human talent wherever it may happen to reside. That we should no longer be victims of the birth lottery. That no one should be stuck in a poor place where they don't have a job simply because of an accident of birth.
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My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.
