Hannibal Buress Quotes
I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I got no hate in me.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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Engagement means that in the future there will be a lot more ways for our audience to interact with Univision content.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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VR is going to become something mainstream, but it's not going to happen right away. You just don't have the horsepower to make it happen on a device, much less a cheap enough and comfortable enough device that a normal consumer is going to want to have.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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Movies don't have borders.
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If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.
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I was a mime. I'm not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago.
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I grew up in a highly Hispanic neighborhood. It was very rare to find any race other than Mexicans. I feel very comfortable around Spanish speakers and people from Mexico and people who don't always feel comfortable living in the U.S. because they are in fear of being deported.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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Before I started Code for America, I spent my career around startups. First it was game developers, small teams trying to make hits in a tough business. Then, when I started working on the Web 2.0 events, it was web startups during times of enormous opportunity and investment.
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I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable.
