Aisha Tyler Quotes
Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I'm serious. Comedy is punishing.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
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Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.
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The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio – it sent me a bit mad.
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The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Politicians know that structural reforms - to increase competition, foster innovation, and drive institutional change - are the way to tackle structural impediments to growth. But they know that while the pain from reform is immediate, gains are typically delayed and their beneficiaries uncertain.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.
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Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.
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I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad.
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Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.
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'Heartbeats' is a film on people magnifying and subliming reality when they're in love. Hence the overstylized look, the aesthetics, the robes, the dresses, the vintage, hipster-ish look: All of this is voluntary. I'm not a hipster. I'm not!
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Performing music is a way to do comedy, but without the obligation to do a solid hour, hour and half of a standup. I could intersperse it with music, so it became a really good format for me.
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Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I'm serious. Comedy is punishing.
