Chris Rock Quotes
My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show that Eddie Murphy hosted and Arsenio hosted.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I really do think that getting the golden ticket for 'American Idol,' it's just the start of something really great.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I love incredibly imaginative, speculative sci-fi.
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In art there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.
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Staying in China provided me with the opportunity to adjust to life outside of North Korea and to gain a sense of perspective, most importantly, by learning that so much of what I had been taught about my country was a lie.
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My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show that Eddie Murphy hosted and Arsenio hosted.
