- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see some some of these other guys, and they're wearing the hats and the jackets and saying the words and they're relating and they're picking. But there's something missing.
- Liar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look at the coded language the Right is using against President Barack Obama. Openly calling him a liar in Congress, saying he is 'not a Christian, he was not born here, he is not one of us.' That makes addressing such issues trickier for the first African-American in the White House.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
But if I've heard this saying once, I've heard it a thousand times- everything happens for a reason. And possibly it does. I just haven't found the reason that this all happened yet.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've noticed that a lot of people, subsequently, when they introduce me are very careful not to say the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. A lot more people are saying Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'.
- Nov 07, 2020
Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have my cards read every time I pass a tarot-reader booth. I would be so embarrassed to have one of those 900 numbers appear on my phone bill, because I don't know how I would explain it to my business manager. It would almost be like saying, 'Okay, I'm white trash.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bad taste is not illegal. I always got my first laughs as a kid by saying inappropriate things. That's always how we're going to get our laughs as comics.
- Position
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recall saying that civil rights organizations, when they demand more than is legitimate, it hurts their position.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kids have played soccer and baseball and basketball, and the parents who come to games are always saying and doing things that are just wildly inappropriate.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020