Gabriel Iglesias Quotes
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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One of the things I do take some pride in is that if you had never read an article about my life, if you knew nothing about me, except that my books were being set in front of you to read, and if you were to read those books in sequence, I don't think you would say to yourself, 'Oh my God, something terrible happened to this writer in 1989.'
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I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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The 'Dog's Purpose' premise has gotten me so many emails and comments from people who say that their dog is so much like one they had when they were young or years before, that it seems like the truth. The idea that you would come across an old friend later in life.
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When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
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That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.
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Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.
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Protecting a border is not a nice thing. It is not a matter of aesthetics; it cannot be done with flowers and teddy bears.
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I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.
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It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.
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By the time I sit down ready to write, I've done a lot of longhand and a lot of note collecting along the way.
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The great thing I like about the sci-fi genre is there's a lot of different latitude for a lot of different kinds of behavior. You can be a very larger-than-life villain, or a very naturalistic villain, and all of it seems to fit.
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I don't watch every fight; I am not huge on watching fights on TV. Because I did it my whole life. But I do watch the big fights. I follow the little fights too, sometimes; I just don't have to watch every single fight that happens.
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The truth of the matter is, I'm a filmmaker.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
