Riaad Moosa Quotes
I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I talk about my family quite a lot, my kids. Anything that resonates with me I talk about. The important thing is it should be able to work in a family setting.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as 'steroids.'
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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When I was a kid, I thought it was tough.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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I always have to be writing.
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True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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Ever since the romantic comedy-drama 'She's Gotta Have It' antagonized black women and black men in 1986, Spike Lee's films have enjoyed the outrage of various groups.
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Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.
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The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
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I use myself as a template for my comedy. So first my background as a Muslim man, my being a doctor, I talk about my family quite a lot, my kids. Anything that resonates with me I talk about. The important thing is it should be able to work in a family setting.
