Jonathan Krisel Quotes

My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh. At least that's where everything starts, and then my other through line would be a dry absurdity that exponentially spirals out of reality.

Jonathan Krisel

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LifeMeSmallRealityBehavior

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.

Jean Giraudoux

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Mattel stepped up and changed the face of Barbie. Barbie looks a lot different than she did decades ago. Or even three weeks ago.

Troy Carter

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I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

Shirley Henderson

BlondeLookWayNeverTallSound

I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It's spooky.

Tom Clancy

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A young girl reached out to me to be her mentor one day, which I didn't really know anything about. What I did remember was what it was to be alone as an African-American dancer in the ballet world and wanting to connect with someone who looks like me.

Misty Copeland

GirlAloneDayMeWorldSomeone

Without Deborah Harry, there's no Madonna; there's no Lady Gaga and beyond. There was something that she did that was very new and powerful in pop, and she was responsible for a change in the way the world acted.

Luke Davies

ChangeWorldLadyPowerfulNewWay

Food is important to me, but I wouldn't say that I'm a gourmet. I don't like tricksy food.

Jonathan Dimbleby

FoodMeImportantSayLikeGourmet

Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric!

Johnny Vegas

BecomePriestBeenElectricHad

Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.

Chris Gardner

VisionPathGreatnessMindsLit

It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as a species we survive on this notion. In our desire to gloss over the undeniable macabre parts of our American history, we forget. That amnesia manifests itself, especially when dealing with the plight of black men.

Colman Domingo

PositiveHistoryTimeMenPeople

Modern society places an emphasis on individual responsibility, whereas Islam places an emphasis on collective responsibility and the family.

Pim Fortuyn

FamilyResponsibilitySocietyIslam

Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.

Philippe Petit

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