Lewis Black Quotes
Wise men say that time is like a river. I say time is like a river of SHIT... and as you float down that river in your little canoe, your paddles are getting smaller and smaller.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in years. It's amazing.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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I don't have a goal. I don't limit myself to a goal.
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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
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God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace.
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When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.
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It's been an interesting progression, going from soap to a sitcom with 'How I Met Your Mother' and now being a series regular on 'Homeland.'
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Wise men say that time is like a river. I say time is like a river of SHIT... and as you float down that river in your little canoe, your paddles are getting smaller and smaller.
