Cenk Uygur Quotes
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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I usually say I left puberty at 58.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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Go to the doctor, get a checkup, and get Pap smears regularly. Cervical cancer is very preventable, and if you catch it early, there are tons of ways to treat it as well.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.
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Too many companies think they want to do a video blog to sell merchandise, but if you turn your site into QVC, you lose. I have an audience that trusts me. It's about building a global brand - not selling four more bottles of Pinot Grigio.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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I kind of got more interested in writing after I turned in my last college essay and nobody was going to tell me what kind of academic papers to write anymore. I could write whatever I wanted, and I realized that I actually liked it when I could choose what I would write.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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In Edna, I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. She's a theatrical figure, related to vaudeville in some respects. She inhabits a world in which there are comparatively few female exponents of comedy.
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Even when I have someone playing the song I give them the idea. I'm learning. I'm getting better over the years.
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I've criticized myself over the years.
