Anthony Jeselnik Quotes
On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it.
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After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country to fall victim to nuclear weapons, and for each individual to express their refusal to continue living in the shadow of the threat they pose.
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If I had to model clothes in a time period other than the 21st century, I think I'd like to model way back when they just wore skin loincloths. That would be best suited for me - better than corsets. I'm quite claustrophobic.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Wall Street has turned the economy into a giant asset-stripping scheme, one whose purpose is to suck the last bits of meat from the carcass of the middle class.
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I think publishing is a cost of research in the same way as buying a centrifuge is a cost of research.
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We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.
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Developing prayer fitness is similar to developing physical fitness: we must follow a pattern in order to stay balanced.
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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
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On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it.
