Anthony Jeselnik Quotes
I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of time. People say that young comics shouldn't be trying these things. That's ridiculous. You should try everything and see what sticks.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements of time, the unknown, cause and effect, fear, scenic and architectural beauty, and other seemingly ill-assorted things) which persist in clamouring for expression.
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I really like performing for people.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.
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For future politics, I don't know what it holds, but if there's a possibility that the people want me to do another political office, again, maybe I'll do it.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
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I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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In Congress, I'll work hard to encourage investment in education, particularly with respect to technology and bridging the digital divide.
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You have to grow thick skin and that only comes with time and learning.
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Have I done more business-related things to help my career grow? Yeah. I took the business end more seriously, hooked up with a manager, got some help, because at a certain point, you get frustrated when you go do auditions, and people say you did a great job, and then you don't get he part.
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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time, when I'm recording to two-inch tape, I still have a romantic vision of how songs sounded coming out of the radio when I was younger, and how they sounded coming out of my little four-track cassette player.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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You can say your lines a million different ways and play your character a million different ways and still hit the common, agreed-upon finish line.
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It would be like a weed whacker going up the coast
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Google indexes the world's information.
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You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings.
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I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of time. People say that young comics shouldn't be trying these things. That's ridiculous. You should try everything and see what sticks.
