Dane Cook Quotes
'You told your mother I was gonna blow you up with a fucking pumpkin bomb? What did she say?' 'She. Was. Terrified. She wants me to move home.'
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.
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Your agent should be invested in the success of your book past the contract stage. After all, if it sells well, she's going to be getting 15 percent of every dime you make. She can be your best advocate in fighting for your book - not just with editing and the cover, but with marketing and sales as well.
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I wasn't overwhelmed by dogma, and that sort of freed me up to look at things differently.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing.
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'You told your mother I was gonna blow you up with a fucking pumpkin bomb? What did she say?' 'She. Was. Terrified. She wants me to move home.'
