- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Live Quotes
Different ways of living, side by side.
This collection uses "live" as its thread but covers unusually varied ground — from reflections on how long humanity might last, to observations about wealth and poverty coexisting closely in Mexico. For quotes on love and connection, see Love quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First World
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dallas is an extraordinary place in it's own right. The first thing about Dallas that you can't get away from, particularly when I arrived, you've got no idea of the heat in this place. It's over 100 degrees, and with that the humidity is ridiculous. I mean, people don't live here, armadillos live here.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all live in a universe in which we're either asked to or are forced to accept certain premises about our employment without having the opportunity to verify them.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live halfway between London and the airport, which means I can operate my European career and get home every night. It costs a lot of money, but it's worth it.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm happy in L.A., but I will live wherever my kids are, and I don't really mind where it is.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got by as a musician since day one. I don't live beyond my means. I have real cheap tastes.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.
- Best Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my mates are massive Leeds fans because I live in Wakefield, but my best friend in the entire world is the Middlesbrough chairman.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had bedbugs in 2005. I felt like a leper. Worse than a leper. At least lepers had a colony they could go and live in with other people who empathized. I instead had friends stand up from tables and walk out of restaurants when I told them I had bedbugs, because they were afraid I'd transfer the bugs to them.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020