Chris Tucker Quotes

Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.

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• In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.

  

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• For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.

  

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• It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.

  

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• I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.

  

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• I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

  

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• I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

  

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• Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.

  

  Chris Tucker
  • Character
  • Bad
  • Comedy