John Prine Quotes
I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people laugh.
John Prine
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There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins.
Isaac Hayes
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy
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Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.
Nathan Myhrvold
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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North as well as South, the Negroes have emerged from slavery into a serfdom of poverty and restricted rights.
W. E. B. Du Bois
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I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
Maajid Nawaz
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I think you're an acting teacher in disguise You're so incredibly intuitive and always passionate and always driven to go further. I never had to worry. All I had to do was look at you, babe.
Chad Coleman
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I really do want to have a child.
Carrie Ann Inaba
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
Gary Sherman
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You have to learn the crowd. I just pay attention to them so I can make sure I can make them laugh.
Dane Cook
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I was thinking about … how disarming is the ability to make people laugh. It’s a gift, mimicry, but it’s not acting; in a way it’s the opposite of acting, which is why comedians are seldom good actors. There’s an element of exaggeration in the imposture; the copy is the original painted with a broad brush and it can be grotesque, even cruel. But no one is offended. People are drawn to the funnyman who can imitate a politician or a famous actor or an ethnic type, especially his own ethnic type.
Valerie Martin
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I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people laugh.
John Prine
