Brad Williams Quotes

When you talk about modern comedy I think there's a big three right now, and that's Louis C.K., Bill Burr, and Jim Jefferies. I don't think anyone's doing it better than those three guys.

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• It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.

  

  Ferdinand de Saussure
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• My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

  

  Magic Johnson
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  • Dad
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• As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
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• You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

  

  Jack Welch
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• When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.

  

  Eden Hazard
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  • Past
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• We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • May
  • Age
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• I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Life
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  • Riding

• After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Kid
  • Candy
  • Award

• I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.

  

  Rachel Blanchard
  • Good
  • Important
  • Healthy

• What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Age
  • Memories
  • Old Age

• People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.

  

  Amy Acker
  • People
  • Girl
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• As for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them.

  

  Donald Norman
  • Purpose

• My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • World
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• I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school.

  

  Alek Wek
  • Time
  • School
  • College

• I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
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• When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
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• I wasn't seeing black girls in the books I was assigned to read at my school. I was tired of only reading about white boys and dogs and wanted to collect books featuring black girls.

  

  Marley Dias
  • School
  • Black
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• My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

  

  Christie Hefner
  • People
  • Work
  • Interesting

• Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.

  

  Frederick Sanger
  • Father
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• I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next.

  

  Fortune Feimster
  • Age
  • Small
  • College

• As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Kind
  • Guys
  • Perform

• I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.

  

  Yvonne De Carlo
  • Comedy
  • Ability
  • Timing

• Bacon is like the opposite of medicine. It's like, "Take that, Lipitor."

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Funny
  • Comedy
  • Medicine

• When you talk about modern comedy I think there's a big three right now, and that's Louis C.K., Bill Burr, and Jim Jefferies. I don't think anyone's doing it better than those three guys.

  

  Brad Williams
  • Comedy
  • I Think
  • Guys