Carlos Mencia (Ned Arnel Mencia) Quotes
People want to complain... my point especially when it comes to racial humor is... we have that diversity, so I don't look at it like we are making fun of people, I look at it as how awesome is it that we can talk about this stuff, that we do have this kind of diversity, that we do live in a country that shows an array, unlike any other in the world.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing.
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There's book smart, there is street smart, there's relationship smart, there's too many different kinds of smarts to know all of them. Everybody doesn't know every kind of smart. There's money smart, there's movie smart, there's computer smart. There's just too many different kinds of smarts for people to know all the smarts.
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You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'
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It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.
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When I became a mother of two, I decided to work with brands that remind me of family because they're my No. 1 priority. Now I'm partnering with Puffs to encourage people to get out and not hibernate inside. People should enjoy the holiday season, and if you do have a runny nose or the sniffles, Puffs is there to take care of your symptoms.
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But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.
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I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.
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BRAC originated in the 1960s under President Kennedy as the Department of Defense (DOD) had to realign its base structure after World War II and the Korean War. At that time, the DOD was able to close bases without congressional interference, and 60 bases were closed in the 1960s.
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I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer - someday I'd love to collaborate with her.
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I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
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What kind of America do people want to leave for their children? What horrors are down the road, stuff that was unthinkable 30 years ago?
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Television used to be made much more in a vacuum; the only feedback the audience had for a long time was in a Nielsen number that would arrive sometime after the show had been broadcast. And now, people are just completely engaged on so many levels, and I think that you have to find a way as a show creator to follow your own compass.
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Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.
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I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it too late for me to play Hamlet?' It's really about: who do I get to work with? There's so many people on that list.
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I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart of rock music.
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It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back.
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When she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural.
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People want to complain... my point especially when it comes to racial humor is... we have that diversity, so I don't look at it like we are making fun of people, I look at it as how awesome is it that we can talk about this stuff, that we do have this kind of diversity, that we do live in a country that shows an array, unlike any other in the world.
