Dan Mazer Quotes
In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.
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Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I always have to be writing.
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True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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I've really enjoyed doing 'Annie Get Your Gun' and loved Neil Simon stuff like 'Chapter Two.'
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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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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
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As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
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Without numerous schools offering hands-on opportunities, no commander will be cultivated.
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An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.
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NSA surveillance is a complex subject - legally, technically and operationally.
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What I'm trying to argue, as passionately as I can, is that the Jesus story isn't worth dying for, it's worth living for. Jesus presents a third way, a way of being in the worth that embraces the Sermon on the Mount, with its challenge to violence and greed.
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I think I go with the Duke Ellington view on music. He said, 'There's two kinds of music - there's good music, and then there's the other kind.'
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I don't want to be mysterious.
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I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.
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It's important to remember that life is a joke, and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.
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Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness
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In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.
