J. B. Smoove Quotes
You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.
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I was an expert horseman.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Any girl who likes watching movies would like to work in them and would want to do all of that. I'm also one of them. But people know me for badminton and love me for it. So I'd stick to it right now. But maybe after badminton, I'll think about it.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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I like salty, creamy foods. I could sit down with a bag of chips and French onion dip and go to town! That would be on my last-supper list.
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Urs Fischer specializes in making jaws drop. Cutting giant holes in gallery walls, digging a crater in Gavin Brown's gallery floor in 2007, creating amazing hyperrealist wallpaper for a group show at Tony Shafrazi: It all percolates with uncanny destructiveness, operatic uncontrollability, and barbaric sculptural power.
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At one point, you were that employee who looked like a deer in headlights. Confused, lost, and not understanding your purpose within the organization. Even though you have the appropriate skills, you felt like you were in over your head. That is, until an amazing boss empowered you.
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I'm an amazing mama's boy.
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Religious people claim that it's just the fundamentalists of each religion that cause problems. But there's got to be something wrong with the religion itself if those who strictly adhere to its most fundamental principles are violent bigots and sexists.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
