Chris Rock Quotes
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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I'm such a foodie, and I actually think I would rather lose my hearing than my taste.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
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I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I'm not even on Facebook. I've got enough friends I never see. You know how you have a lot of friends you never call? I don't have time for new friends, and I don't want to be friends with someone only online.
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ISIS is very similar to the Kharijites, who were a toxic off-shoot of Islam. It's not Islam; it's a perversion of Islam, and to label these militant externalities as Islam is to legitimize their actions.
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What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.
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For every $1 billion we invest in public transportation, we create 30,000 jobs, save thousands of dollars a year for each commuter, and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I personally believe in progress. I think one of the most debilitating and harming things you can do to a child is to keep them in the dark.
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There's always light after the dark. You have to go through that dark place to get to it, but it's there, waiting for you. It's like riding on a train through a dark tunnel. If you get so scared you jump off in the middle of the ride, then you're there, in the tunnel, stuck in the dark. You have to ride the train all the way to the end of the ride.
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To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not / You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.
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I have my own demons and dark moods. It's weird.
