Tig Notaro Quotes

It's important that when you do standup, you do small places like coffee shops and also big places like colleges. It helps you find the little nuances in your set that don't work, and you can shave off the excess.

Tig Notaro

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I'm from Kingston, R.I., sort of on the University of Rhode Island campus - on the margins of that, actually.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Hard paywalls will never work because, just like at a newsstand, the reader likes to browse the cover and a few articles before choosing to buy. Even if the material is truly unique, a consumer likes to try a little before buying.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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I believe that every one of us has a gift. And I believe that mine is the ability to take the complex and make it simple.

Robert Kiyosaki

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We have failed to fully appreciate how deeply housing is implicated in the creation of poverty.

Matthew Desmond

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Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

Matthew Macfadyen

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Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice.

Jeanne Shaheen

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I'm a born entertainer. When I open the fridge door and the light goes on, I burst into song.

Robbie Williams

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Politics feels, on what I have seen of it, like joining a tribe, and a lot of it is about unspoken ways of behaving.

Rory Stewart

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I am very proud of being Brazilian, but I am also thankful for having the chance to play in Germany for four and a half years. I have completely changed the way I play football because Germany is a tougher, faster game which is more tactical with tighter marking.

Roberto Firmino

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The CW likes to hold on to its shows.

Michael Steger

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My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying.

Michael Moore

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I'm looking for a living wage and to continue my work. The frustration comes from when I can't do the things that matter most to me. It's when someone comes and says, 'I will finance your movie if you cast so and so.'

Debra Granik

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