Chris Rock Quotes
Most parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.
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When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.
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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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All of life is a foreign country.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
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I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.
Garry Kasparov -
You've got to be realistic.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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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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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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It's kind of a subversive act to tell a story of a woman past a certain age, to develop a four-hour movie based on a marriage and a story of two people past middle age.
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Trying to be smarter, work smarter, and just take care of my body more and more.
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American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
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A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
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The worst form anger can take is that of a parent who feels her or his chance for 'winning my child' is enhanced by 'ruining my ex.' The law has given the most vindictive parent an invitation to play the 'abuse' card. This is the 'Great Temptation.'
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In our view any awareness is an increment to consciousness, an added light, a reinforcement of psychic coherence. Its swiftness or instantaneity can hide this growth from us. But there is a growth of being in every instance of awareness. Consciousness is in itself an act, the human act.
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My livelihood depends on my surface beauty, but when I wash my face, I see a real person there.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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I think they (U.S. Congress) hurt our relationships with people that we are trying to get communication and coordination from.
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Most parts in comedy, they're not really written for men. They're written for, like, these boy-men.
