Kenan Thompson Quotes
I want to open an eye or two about what being an actor is really like because it's not all red carpets and photo shoots. It's like trying to get that job and going from job to job.
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I think as a guy you need a little bit to be on your own from early on, to start to live your own life, and try to understand what is going on around you, you have to be able to survive.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.
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If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor.
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When I was 14 years old, I went on location to film 'Mrs. Doubtfire' for five months, and my high school was not happy. My job meant an increased workload for teachers, and they were not equipped to handle a 'non-traditional' student. So, during filming, they kicked me out.
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The only enemy is ignorance. Peace, people. Let's get rid of all this nuclear testing.
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In corporate culture, in sports culture, in the media, we honor those who win at all costs.
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Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.
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I want to open an eye or two about what being an actor is really like because it's not all red carpets and photo shoots. It's like trying to get that job and going from job to job.
