Marc Maron Quotes
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
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I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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One shouldn't know the future.
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No formal course in fiction-writing can equal a close and observant perusal of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe or Ambrose Bierce.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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There's simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the hands of the consumer. But the important thing that gets lost with some of these business owners who are very upset with us is it's the whole picture that counts.
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When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people.
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Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.
