Aziz Ansari Quotes
I think when people talk about improvising it turns into this silly thing like, "Oh there's like a hula hoop there and I'm like 'Oh what's going on here? Is this a really big ring?'"
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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We go after legacies because we just know that, sooner or later, people will understand what we bring to this culture and bring to the game.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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If you're saying something that people don't want to hear or accept, a significant proportion of them will reply with hostility. Not because they know the facts, or because they have researched it themselves, but because they're so psychologically involved in believing good news that they will oppose it with a reflex.
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There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I've always been a fan of Saint Laurent because I like how their jeans fit on me, but as far as high fashion, I don't wear too much high fashion. I like more streetwear and baggier stuff.
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I think when people talk about improvising it turns into this silly thing like, "Oh there's like a hula hoop there and I'm like 'Oh what's going on here? Is this a really big ring?'"
