Chris Rock Quotes
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I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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I think about food literally all day every day. It's a thing.
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I have a great office.
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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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Some days, I feel like I should win Best Mom of the Day award, and some days, I find myself doing strange things that don't have any real purpose, in faraway corners in my house, and I realize I am literally and deliberately hiding from my children.
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I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
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What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.'
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You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.
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If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.
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Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.
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Poetry and imagination begin life. A child will fall on its knees on the gravel walk at the sight of a pink hawthorn in full flower, when it is by itself, to praise God for it.
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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...no matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white.
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray.
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In the family, no one is ever pushed. I came to politics spontaneously; there was no obligation. It has to happen naturally.
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I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.
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I realize I’m a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.
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No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'
