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.
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Related If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your... NANCY A. COLLINS Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in y... LIONEL RICHIE One thing about an artist, it doesn't matter how much your work sells for in your life, it's... TRACEY EMIN Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thou... ANDREW J. BERNSTEIN It's going to start really interfering with your quality of life, your health, if you don't ... NOAH BAUMBACH I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, w... AARON RODGERS That's what you're looking for as a writer when you're working. You're looking for y... PHILIP ROTH I've always connected with music. Life's not always what you see; it's what going on in ... ED WESTWICK Your success is in your point of view. It's your life that you're talking about; it's yo... BILLY CRYSTAL I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and th... MAIARA WALSH Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just w... JACKIE ROBINSON You're going to tell me that things aren't right in Cuba, and so we shouldn't engage. It... ARTURO O'FARRILL And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I ... BARBARA WALTERS I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of peo... STEVE MARTIN If you are in your everyday life, and you feel like you just accomplished something big that you had... MARSHAWN LYNCH It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed ... STEVE ALFORD Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life. AL JOURGENSEN You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track. LIAM NEESON If you're constantly making business decisions on behalf of your investors first, ultimately you... DANNY MEYER I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going thro... NIKKI SIXX If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life dep... ARTHUR ASHE If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose... JON KATZ Anyone can write a story based on the kind of horror where you see a guy in car and then there's... SERGIO ARAGONES So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You c... KATHY MATTEA You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happe... TEA OBREHT When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your... KIM CATTRALL I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let ... FRANCINE PASCAL It's not about me - four simple words that described the life of Christ. Do you call yourself a ... MONICA JOHNSON It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: Y... JAMES WAN If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're g... DONALD TRUMP Every job you do, somebody's looking at it. You're leaving an impression on somebody. What i... ALDIS HODGE When you're in love, you've found your soul mate, you think life is going one way, and sudde... SCOTT WEILAND It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they ra... MICHELLE OBAMA It's a very rich brew that's in your psyche by the time you're in your 60s, and I think ... DEBORAH MOGGACH There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to... RICHARD BRANSON If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. Yo... NICK FLYNN I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's ac... RUSSELL PETERS Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work ... KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES As an ex-stand up, I can tell you that a comedy club isn't a place you go looking to get the abu... JOHN RIDLEY We're actually doing something scripted that's totally, you know, we kind of know what's... JOSH HOLLOWAY When you're filming, you work 19-hour days, and you know more about what's going on with you... KIM CATTRALL I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three fee... SCOTT PATTERSON When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. Yo... D. A. PENNEBAKER As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for yo... JOHN DIMAGGIO If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ... ROBERT GRIFFIN III It's the only way that YOUR life is gonna have any value to you. If you're just living the s... TODD RUNDGREN You hear about people your whole life, 'So-and-so has cancer,' and you're like, 'Wow... JAKE OWEN When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it'... BRUCE WILLIS I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'. ALAN RICKMAN I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your ... WALTER DEAN MYERS If you're lucky like me, your relationship with your brother has resolved itself on the peaceful... TOM HARDY You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not t... STEVE CARELL There's a band called Pantera that I listen to, and then Metallica's 'And Justice for Al... CHRISTINA GRIMMIE A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possi... BEN SCHWARTZ Once you start thinking about where your products come from and what they 'do,' that's g... ELLEN GUSTAFSON Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, i... NE-YO If you're truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, there's a family ... GARY ALLAN There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then goi... RYAN REYNOLDS In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're ... BENEDICT WONG I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don&... JIM BROWN There's a deep-freeze of sorts for all good intentions - a place that you store your plans to ma... JEFFREY KLUGER It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and a... DIDO ARMSTRONG Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're t... GRANT ACHATZ Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's a... FRANCIS CHAN It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, rea... ALAN BALL My hope, my real hope, is that whatever you hold in your heart, whatever you truly believe, and you&... JOE CARNAHAN If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring... JAMES TAYLOR When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people ... JANE LYNCH I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about th... AIMEE MANN Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once... CALVIN JOHNSON One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You ne... JEFF BRIDGES The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't hav... CANDACE BUSHNELL All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your mus... GLORIA ESTEFAN My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE If you had a job, and every day you're going back home and telling all your friends how horrible... STEVE SCALISE I'm always looking for something that's real and that's got meat on it. I think it's... BILL SKARSGARD If it's Saturday night, and you're sitting on your couch watching 'Showtime at the Apoll... FRANK VINCENT There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show.... HEAVY D I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it... ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will a... MAYA ANGELOU It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get... MIRANDA OTTO I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, on... DAN SAVAGE I was kind of smart enough when I was young, 14 or 15 years old, to realize that if you're ever ... BRETT HULL It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a b... NICK CARTER If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my Go... JOHN MCENROE If you're an average married couple, you're going to lie to your spouse in one out of every ... PAMELA MEYER There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you&... CATE BLANCHETT What you feel spiritually. I think a lot of that has to do with it. If you have no spiritual life, c... MIKE DITKA It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aw... LYNSEY ADDARIO The writing is the springboard for your intuitive stuff and then you see, maybe a colour of what you... MIRANDA RICHARDSON What I always say is, 'Do every job you're in like you're going to do it for the rest of... MARY BARRA When you're improvising, it's fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to ... MARK DUPLASS The writer's goal is to try to make it frightening without describing it too much, and yet not m... ARTHUR SLADE If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's... RUDY RUCKER I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that... AMY LEE Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I... PAM FERRIS You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after... BEN STILLER I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's ... JOYCE MEYER People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you... JOEL OSTEEN
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BILLY IDOL The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new mor... BILLY GRAHAM Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little... BILLY GRAHAM Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft. BILLY MITCHELL Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get do... BILLY GRAHAM There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for tel... BILLY CRUDUP We've got to use every piece of data and piece of information, and hopefully that will help us b... BILLY BEANE The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other ma... BILLY GRAHAM I know my voice has a limited range of motion; I don't write dramatic monologues and pretend to ... BILLY COLLINS Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his. BILLY SUNDAY No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, an... BILLY GRAHAM Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. BILLY WILDER Communism is a religion that is inspired, directed and motivated by the Devil himself who has declar... BILLY GRAHAM A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. BILLY GRAHAM Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being pe... BILLY GRAHAM Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. BILLY GRAHAM I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It's a journey of recovery. I... BILLY CORGAN I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right. BILLY GRAHAM I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something... BILLY JOEL I love Aerosmith. I love Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, anything from that era, Led Zeppelin. So my guita... BILLY UNGER I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face. BILLY GRAHAM God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns mad... BILLY GRAHAM Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of c... BILLY CONNOLLY As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of '... BILLY GRAHAM I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or... BILLY GRAHAM The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of prai... BILLY GRAHAM Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. BILLY GRAHAM