Maysoon Zayid quote: "Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports."

I use to stand up for what I believe, now, I believe in what I stand up for.
MARIE-SUZANNE LABELLE (A.K.A MARIE-SUE)

Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS

I like my leaders smart and serious. I don't need a stand-up comic.
KRISTIN GORE

I have kept a diary,
WITHNAIL AND I

Stand up to injustice, even if you stand alone
SUZY KASSEM

Sometimes we want something so much that God will have us give it up so we can grow
(I CANNOT REMEMBER)

How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS

If I can go on stage in a bikini and heels and still show I am confident and I like how I look no ma...
MARLIA FONTAINE

Robspierre replied softly, 'the question is to know where is the enemy.' 'He is out there, and I hav...
, "NINTY-THREE"

I want to do whatever I can to survive.
SAM SIMON

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I AM TIMEPIECE

The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question
I AM TIMEPIECE

I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species
I AM TIMEPIECE

I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u...
I AM TIMEPIECE

Life are full of memories, capture them
I AM TIMEPIECE

I don't fit in because I was born to stand out
I AM TIMEPIECE

I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my...
SADIE FROST

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no ...
DANIEL TOSH

I am so not a proper, good female. I can't dance in high heels and I'm just so not girly, bu...
KESHA

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books bala...
KATE SEREDY

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books b...
KATE SEREDY

A Ritual to Read to Each Other

If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop...
GRAHAM NORTON

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me...
LAVERNE COX

I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no ...
DANIEL TOSH

If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today wor...
JIM CARREY

Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS

As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
NICHOLAS SPARKS

You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
HARPER LEE

You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.
ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT)

I am always happy to use my song and dance training.
TAMARA TUNIE

I can only be who I am.
ENYA

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.
CAROL BURNETT

The person I spoke with said they didn't have a comparable plan at that time. She advised me to stic...
CLAUDIA VALAS

I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll ...
MICHAEL CAINE

A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves...
CARLY CRAIG

One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian...
EUGENE LEVY

I'm a bit of a tomboy, but when it comes to love I am a doormat.
ELISABETTA CANALIS

I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities.
BRUNO TONIOLI

I want to go and go, and then drop dead in the middle of something I'm loving to do. And if that...
DOLLY PARTON

I'm not thin, but I'm strong - plus my balance is such that I can navigate a flight of stair...
JEN LANCASTER

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action...
CHRIS CHRISTIE

I can have three touchdowns and 200 yards, but if we lose the game, what's it all for?
CALVIN JOHNSON

I'm a tap dancer. Once you're a tap dancer, you're always a tap dancer. In 'After Mi...
DULE HILL

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope t...
DEMI LOVATO

I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world ...
JOSEPH CROWLEY

I am making everything wheelchair accessible, ... I have a shower that you can roll a wheelchair int...
ANGELA MOORE

I want to be more physical and theatrical within the stand-up. There might be dance moments, and peo...
MIRANDA HART

Harry the spider! they want me to tap dance. I don't want to tap dance!
J.K. ROWLING

If I am to speak for ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if ...
WOODROW T. WILSON

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NICHOLAS SPARKS

She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.
RITA RUDNER

My legs were really tight today, so I didn't run all my events. I saw what I can improve, and I need...
LACLAIRE CARTER

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.
JEANETTE WINTERSON

I just can't stand being in airports anymore. I just can't stand it.
BILL MEDLEY

Today is the day I stand tall, strong, and mighty to tell the world who I am.
JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT

When I do leap into the pit, I go headlong with my heels up, and am pleased to be falling in that de...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY

Is it my end-all and be-all to become a standup comic? No.
JASON ALEXANDER

It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not ...
CHIEF JOSEPH

Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in t...
BOBBY DARIN

There'll be a whole lot of things you ain't gonna want to do, but you'll have to do in this life jus...
MILDRED D. TAYLOR

The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO

Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO

Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO

The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO

Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO

We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO

Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO

I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO

We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO

I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO

I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with...
MARGARET CHO

As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about brave...
AISHA TYLER

I can, therefore I am.
SIMONE WEIL

I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
FABRICE LUCHINI

I came to love, I came into my own.
THEODORE ROETHKE

. . . . I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I ...
KAREN CUSHMAN

I am something of a recluse by nature. I am that cordless screwdriver that has to charge for twenty ...
DONALD MILLER

I have to confess I am worried. We played well up to 65 minutes and then there was that extraordinar...
LUIS ARAGONES

Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it.
DANIEL JOHNS

I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports ma...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND

I'm just so tired of life being something that happens to me. That's not how it's supposed to work. ...
JOSHUA EDWARD SMITH

I don't let my parents use the TV remote. How are they going to navigate and surf the web to get wha...
DAN ROBERTS

I am going, if I can, to be an architect, and I am too old already, and there is no time to lose.
WILLIAM MORRIS

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev...
A WALK TO REMEMBER

My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.
DULE HILL

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet t...
MISSY ELLIOTT

Of course one can't eat in a civilized fashion while touring in theatres. But I still manage to ...
GERTRUDE EDERLE

The amount of minutes I played today made me feel that I can play longer than I've been able to. It'...
LAVESA GLOVER

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what...
EDWARD EVERETT HALE

Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot ...
ROWAN ATKINSON

Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.
CANDY CROWLEY

I'm a stand-up comic. Anything else I do besides that is a plus, but stand-up comedy is what I d...
DAVE ATTELL

I did a push-up today. Well actually I fell down, but I had to use my arms to get back up, so close ...
ANONYMOUS

But I can please God
CRAIG GROESCHEL

Today I am in control because I want to be. I have my fingers on the switch, but have lived a lifeti...
A.S. KING

Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports.

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Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports.

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