Nav (Navraj Singh Goraya) Quotes
First thing you have to do is drop your ego. Once you drop your ego, everything comes easy to you. You can just start filtering through what they're saying without getting defensive.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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Nothing is less suspenseful than a threat that threatens the maker of the threat at least as much as the subject of the threat. Congress hasn't learned this yet, but America has learned it over and over.
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I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.
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If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
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Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.
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I don't like having to be pushed into a box.
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I know I should say he suddenly seemed vulnerable and I felt a connection to his soul or whatever, but the truth is I just wanted to tackle him and then make out for the next three thousand years.
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First thing you have to do is drop your ego. Once you drop your ego, everything comes easy to you. You can just start filtering through what they're saying without getting defensive.
