Jack Dee Quotes
I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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I tweeted once, and I still stick to this, that I would love to marry a Croatian girl. I want my children to speak Croatian first, and for them to do that, we need someone who speaks very good Croatian.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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The things that have really gotten confusing to me is how you balance the desires of your publishers to produce things on a schedule, and people are always sort of giving you ideas on what you should follow up with or how you should proceed next and things like that.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
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Something funny certainly happens when palladium and platinum come into contact with hydrogen gas; it's one of the great mysteries still waiting to be solved on the periodic table. But it's quite a leap from 'something funny' to cold fusion.
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I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because it won't happen otherwise.
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I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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I don't want to be a musician forever. I want to keep going to school and become a lawyer for women's rights and also use the law to help women.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
