Aviv Alush Quotes
I've never seen a movie in Hebrew about Jesus. I have three kids, I don't have enough time to watch TV.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'
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The demographic of young people... in each hand is a phone, more powerful than a computer. It's a doorway to the digital nation, to education.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.
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I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.
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There is a kind of mysticism to writing.
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I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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When I was around nine, my parents took me to my first live event, which was a WWE show with Ultimate Warrior. From then on, I loved it.
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I have many deep thoughts in God, but I take my own measure, lest I perish by boasting... For I myself, though I am in chains and can comprehend heavenly things, the ranks of the angels and the hierarchy of principalities, things visible and invisible, for all this I am not yet a disciple.
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I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.
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When I came out of Stanford, I looked at my brilliant classmates, who were going into Wall Street high finance, Silicon Valley, advanced engineering, and I said to myself, 'Jeff, go into an industry where nobody can add.'
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I have had lobbyists, and I have had some very good ones. They could do anything.
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I think it's important to try to get on a kid's level when taking their photo.
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Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with.
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I come from a mixed family, where my mother is art house cinema and my father is B-movie genre cinema. They're estranged, and I've been trying to bring them together for all of my career to one degree or another.
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I've had an unusual career in that I've never had a big break, but the rent always seemed to get paid.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.
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I've never seen a movie in Hebrew about Jesus. I have three kids, I don't have enough time to watch TV.
