Art Alexakis Quotes
I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods' bodies the same shape as their own.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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My mom was probably the biggest influence. She cooked dinner every night. We sat around the table every night. It was a very traditional family.
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Shakespeare in the Park is one of the greatest gifts in New York City. You just have to wait for the tickets - and it's worth the wait.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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My whole house has a lot of silk flowers - it feels like a garden.
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True hearts have eyes and ears, no tongues to speak; They hear and see, and sigh, and then they break.
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I'm a pretty tenacious person; I get that from my mom. So sometimes, I use dark humor. I can't take myself too seriously.
