Chris Ware Quotes
My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.
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Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.
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John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there he was thinking, "Goodness gracious this is big and I better be up to the task."
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The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three ... not in condition, but in degree; not in substance, but in form; not in power, but in aspect; yet of one substance, and of one condition, and of one power, inasmuch as He is one God, from whom these degrees and forms and aspects are reckoned, under the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.
