David Massengill Quotes
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of stories in the course of everyday life.
Quotes to Explore
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course.
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Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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I have this strength that comes from knowledge.
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I wouldn't know a space-time continuum or warp core breach if they got into bed with me.
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The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.
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Usually in a Smosh sketch, we get 60 shots, 12 hours to shoot - we're just going 'bam, bam, bam.'
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You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.
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I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.
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I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.
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War - the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.
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I'm kind of a 'Fix-It Felix' video girl. I like the simpler, sweeter kind of games.
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I don't have siblings, which is probably the biggest reason why my parents were able to give the attention to my career that they did.
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There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by the very results of its abuse.
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Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.
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We deal with all varieties of information. Somebody's always upset no matter what we do. We have to make a decision; otherwise there's a never-ending debate.
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Every day is a blessing.
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Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and oceans. Our hunger for land crowds out fellow species. Our waste products pollute the waters, warm the atmosphere and acidify the oceans.
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Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of stories in the course of everyday life.
