Al Madrigal Quotes

People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do standup comedy.

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• When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Friends
  • Political
  • Space

• In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.

  

  Wayne Allard
  • Country
  • Business
  • Growth

• I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Never
  • Chance
  • Go

• I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Alone

• Midi is my hobby.

  

  J. J. Johnson
  • Hobby

• I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.

  

  G. Willow Wilson
  • Think
  • Religious
  • Religion

• I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'

  

  Frances McDormand
  • She
  • Pretty
  • Thought

• Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Happy

• Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • People
  • Good
  • Relationships

• Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Up
  • She
  • Film

• My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Law
  • Me
  • Dad

• President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
  • People
  • Great
  • Help

• The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Different
  • Step
  • Admire

• People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

  

  Sam Abell
  • Life
  • Up
  • Photography

• The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Up
  • Constitution
  • Physics

• I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Think
  • Best
  • Ever

• I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn't too happy, but it worked out OK.

  

  Ian McShane
  • School
  • Happy
  • Teacher

• When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.

  

  Matt Lucas
  • School
  • Comedy
  • Teenager

• When people are coming to Krakow and we show them how and where we practice, they are like, 'Seriously? Are you kidding me?' But we're always saying that what matters about the courts - the lines, the nets - are the same. I'm practicing in Poland even when I don't have good facilities.

  

  Agnieszka Radwanska
  • People
  • Good
  • Practice

• But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as part of a guest workers program and after two weeks in the fields, they'd run off to do every other kind of job that isn't covered by a guest workers program.

  

  Dana Rohrabacher
  • People
  • Job
  • Meaning

• It's not competition and greed that makes the world go around, it's cooperating and caring.

  

  Ed Mayo
  • Competition
  • Greed
  • Cooperating

• In my films I always wanted to make people see deeply. I don't want to show things, but to give people the desire to see.

  

  Agnes Varda
  • People
  • Movie
  • Giving

• People see me on the 'Daily Show' or 'About a Boy'. But the reality is that I only got into this business to do standup comedy.

  

  Al Madrigal
  • People
  • Business
  • Reality