Dane Cook Quotes

I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

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• I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.

  

  Adam Hicks
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• It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
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• Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.

  

  Owen Arthur
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• I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.

  

  Faith Hill
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• During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.

  

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• Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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• At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
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• It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.

  

  Omari Hardwick
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• In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
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• Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

  

  Dale Evans
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• I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
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• In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.

  

  Gary Weiss
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• The good romances are as good as anything.

  

  Karen Robards
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• When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.

  

  Barry Lam
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• I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

  

  Harold Washington
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• It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.

  

  Vince Vaughn
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• I met Kanye. I'm starstruck, man, but I stayed away from that guy. I didn't want him to go on a rant, go off on me. He did it at his wedding.

  

  Jay Pharoah
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• I always love to look at something that I couldn't make, because I feel it's enlightening. It means you are not invincible: you can respect something and look up to it and go, 'Wow!' It's a skill that I don't have, but I can understand the merit of it.

  

  Jonathan Anderson
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• My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

  

  Adam Jones
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  • Band
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• The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Small
  • Understand
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• I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.

  

  Edward Burns
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• I can do more than just stand-up comedy, and the only way I'll be able to show that is if I do it myself. Because nobody trusts that I can do it.

  

  Dane Cook
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