Chris Tucker Quotes
I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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In some ways, my most comfortable feeling has been that of being an outsider coming in, but over the years I've tired of that and I'm ready to feel at home. That's what music gives me: a feeling of absolute home.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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The Ford Flex is a really, really cool car. You get inside and you have so much headroom and it's really comfortable to drive and it's real techy inside. You look at the screen and it's blue and you've got all kinds of controls. Everything is digital.
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I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.
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When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think about being a voter, now the choice reflects on my character. It casts a shadow.
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Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
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I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.
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Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members.
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I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.
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A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.
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I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
