J. B. Smoove Quotes
I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.
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I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, and I would cut on the TV, and I would watch a show like 'The Wonder Years,' or I would watch, you know, some other show like 'Family Ties.'
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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The most successful entrepreneurs tell you they have a great team. Lots of small-business owners let ego get in the way. Many people helped me along the way. You've got to remember the people who were loyal to you, and don't forget them when you become successful.
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To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
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I do find acting cathartic.
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It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
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I don't think I was all that late in becoming a father.
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I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.
