Kenya Barris Quotes

My father lost a lung in a chemical accident at General Motors, and after a while, he got a settlement that sort of changed all of our lives and moved us from, what we say, 'ashy to classy' in some aspects.

Kenya Barris

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I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

Jeremih

FamilyChicagoI Was RaisedWhole

Today's marijuana is also twice as strong as it was in the mid 80's.

John Walters

TodayStrongTwiceMidAlso

Assuming a specific resource is high cost is often a path to disruption when someone makes a different assumption.

Steven Sinofsky

PathSomeoneDisruptionHighCost

I think I lie way too much to even know what I've lied about.

Rob Kardashian

LieThinkToo MuchKnowWayEven

People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school.

Jason Biggs

DaySchoolPeopleMeNextSee

A lot of the things I loved the most growing up were, on the surface, kind of challenging or impenetrable. I loved Andy Kaufman, and half his shows, people would walk out in a rage. I love punk rock, which is notoriously music that doesn't always sound very inviting or appealing but, I think, unquestionably has the most heart, the most integrity.

Chris Gethard

LoveIntegrityMusicHeartWalk

I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.

Christopher Marlowe

JusticeSteelMoreCompleteQuarrel

With every project, I have to grow.

Ali Fazal

GrowProjectEvery

I have this exercise where I force myself to look out from the flower's point of view at these great walloping humans coming down the path, and try, just try and feel it from their point of view because it's a different world to them, a fascinating hard one.

Alice Oswald

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I regret a couple of wardrobe decisions.

Winston Marshall

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What is past is prologue.

William Shakespeare

Past

And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation.

Richard M. Daley

TimePeopleThinkGenerationBetter

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