- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
You start realizing that maybe you're the one night a month that people have out, and they don't need to hear your political views or how dark you can get. They just want to laugh for an hour and go home. Once I wrapped my head around that, my act evolved accordingly.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our lives in a lot of ways it's all about fake. You've got people wanting things for fake reasons.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
And what's great is, you know, while 'Mike and Molly' are working on their health, that's their flaw, the people that surround them are actually- that's the mess. Those two have it together the most.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world goes on, you go on and you change. You want to show the fans those changes, and you want to be able to verbalize them.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you're like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don't want to do that. So I'm just trying.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act. Whatever is happening in your life is what's going on on stage. So if you're angry in your life, then that's going to be on stage. If you're looking for the guy that's just going to make you laugh for an hour and forget about, that's me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, you know, you can't please everybody. I'm a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn't matter how funny you are and how well you do, there's two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That's the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That's what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there's always a role for the Everyman.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I've been so on top in the '80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.
- Tree
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you're barking up the wrong tree.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020