Louis C. K. Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I can be not showered and dressed like a slob, but my lip gloss will be on!
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian Chronicles.'
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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I don't want to do the same thing all the time, and I was thrilled to bits to do a BBC comedy. It's the home of British comedy.
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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.
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An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.
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While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot quite understand why a man should wish to know more people than he can make real friends of.
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You should have some time to think and that's very important.
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I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.
