Richard Belzer Quotes

The number one job for me is to make people laugh. If I can also make people think, then that's a cool thing.

Richard Belzer

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JobPeopleMeCoolThinkLaugh

People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had 'The Who' and later punk rock. Kids who came up in the '80s had other songs and bands. It's a way of placing ourselves culturally and temporally.

Jennifer Egan

MusicPeopleMeMomRockWay

Those who rule data will rule the entire world.

Masayoshi Son

WorldDataWillRuleWhoThose

It's always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make people believe that you're that guy, which is really hard.

Michael Shannon

PeopleBelieveHonorSomeoneYou

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Jonathan Sacks

WorldFeelLearnDifferenceMust

'The Exile' covers approximately the first third of 'Outlander'.

Diana Gabaldon

FirstThirdExileCovers

I'm lucky that it's about fashion and perfume and cosmetics. If my father had owned a tire company, I don't know what I would have done.

Delphine Arnault

FatherFashionPerfumeKnowDone

When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.

Brad Pitt

DayJobChairNowFirstLamp

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.

Arnon Goldfinger

JourneyCommitmentViewLongFilm

I'm not gonna give anybody the power to control my life.

Anushka Sharma

LifePowerControlMy LifeGive

The real goal of AI is to understand and build devices that can perceive, reason, act, and learn at least as well as we can.

Astro Teller

LearnGoalBuildUnderstandReason

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

Tobias Lutke

FreeSpeechDisagreeFree Speech

There's nothing worse than sleeping in makeup. You wake up looking like a painting that's been left out in a rainstorm.

Nina Dobrev

PaintingLookingMakeupWake UpYou

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