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Tina Fey Quotes

Somewhere around the fifth or seventh grade I figured out that I could ingratiate myself to people by making them laugh. Essentially, I was just trying to make them like me. But after a while it became part of my identity.

Tina Fey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: May 18, 1970

Topics

Myself Identity People Me Laugh Out

When I was 19, I did an internship in Los Angeles and lived with a friend of mine in the Valley.

Max Joseph

Friend Los Angeles Lived Valley Mine

The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of 'anchor babies' must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law-breaking.

Steve King

Time Practice End Immigration Anchor

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

Joseph Addison

Gardening Value Fruit Garden More

This was a time when racism was still very rampant, but the music that came out of Sun Studio was absolutely color blind. It was all about feeling. It was music that anybody could understand, and that made a step towards bettering the world for everyone.

Drake Milligan

Music Time Racism Step Sun World

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Success Climb Remember Hands You

That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

Annie Besant

Knowledge Present You Sin True Then

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

Pierre Trudeau

Business Nation State Bedrooms

It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman.

Peter Weir

Balance Me Saying Back Play Yes

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.

Seinabo Sey

Alone Me Problems Know Want Others

I'm never going to go and test myself on Everest, but I sort of understand the psychology of people who might want to.

Tim Bevan

Myself People Want Test Understand

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

Martin McDonagh

Fun Cinema Dirty Down More Real

John Danforth, I thought, was a great senator and did a great job with the United Nations. I think he's a good man.

Ken Mehlman

Good Great Job Man Good Man Think