Dane Cook Quotes
I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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I hope I have a long career, but I really don't think about the future like that. I live, like, for right now, honestly. I take it however it comes.
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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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I guess people feel like they kind of know me. The game developer me, or the Twitter persona, that's Notch. It's a censored version. The real me is Markus.
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I have a pretty good sense of direction. And if I get lost, I just act like I know where I'm going.
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The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
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A music teacher. It was in the inner city at a school called Horace Mann. I think I was most effective when the kids pissed me off.
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I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton.
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I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.
