When I started stand-up, the people I admired most were the people who were the most themselves onstage.

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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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fear

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I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

Patti Smith

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felt , alien , whole

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I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

Essie Davis

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learn , techniques , then

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The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

Mark Zuckerberg

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question , want , know

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What you seek for others you find for yourself.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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you , seek , others , find

Proverbs

That priest is a fool who decries his relics.

Italian Proverb

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priest , fool , who , his

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You can't transfer the extra cost (of power) to the customer because their income hasn't increased.

Fred Kwofie

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you , transfer , extra , cost , customer

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Black mambas are the fastest snake in the world.

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black , fastest , snake

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The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

Lou Reed

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music , business , interest

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I would love to play Lee in 'True West' and Bobby in 'Company.'

Steve Kazee

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love , play , lee

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The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.

George S. Kaufman

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kind , doctor , want

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To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.

Stephen Carter

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black , intellectual , america

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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

Queen Elizabeth II

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My father gave me discipline.

Herm Edwards

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father , gave , me

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I didn't want to be like everybody else. Art was my religion.

Julian Schnabel

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want , like , everybody

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"Darth vader" is derived from old dutch, meaning "Dark father"

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vader , derived , old

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"Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye."

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based , which , nothing

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"Eating crow" is an old expression defined by the Urban Dictionary to mean "When you make a mistake and are forced to acknowledge it humbly".

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facts

Proverbs

"Fie upon thee, how black thou art!" said the kettle to the saucepan.

Danish Proverb

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how , black , thou , said , kettle

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first KFC outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "Eat your fingers off"

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good , had , bit

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"Finger Lickin' Good" had a bit of a mishap when translated to Chinese for their first outlets in the country, the famous phrase became "eat your fingers off".

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Proverbs

"For example" is not proof.

Yiddish Proverb

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proverbs, yiddish-proverb

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"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen."

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millions , mankind , lived

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"Force me, and I shall commit no sin," said the girl.

German Proverb

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shall , commit , said

Facts

"Fox tossing" was once a popular sport.

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tossing , once , popular

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"Geometry has two great treasures; one is the Theorem of Pythagoras; the other, the division of a line into extreme and mean ratio. The first we may compare to a measure of gold; the second we may name a precious jewel."

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two , great , theorem

Proverbs

"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

Nigerian Proverb

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me , push , does , mean , give

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"Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

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facts

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"Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition."

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culture , born , good

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"Great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.

German Proverb

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cry , little , said , he

When I started stand-up, the people I admired most were the people who were the most themselves onstage.

– Paul F. Tompkins –

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