Tom Shadyac Quotes
Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I have always loathed working out.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.
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Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion.
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I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.
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Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies.
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I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting.
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I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.
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It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
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I feel that the Jews have always had a special connection to this part of the world, which in geographical terms was called Palestine for so many centuries.
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They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim.
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Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
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Communism didn't work because people weren't ready for it, it was corrupt, and because it squelched individualism.
