Kenya Barris Quotes

I believe comedy is a really good lens to filter serious issues through. If people are laughing, they don't necessarily realize until they stop laughing that they just took something in that's going to start a conversation.

Kenya Barris

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GoodPeopleStartBelieveComedy

I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.

Joe Mantello

MeGoAfraidThingsMakeTend

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.

Jennifer Lopez

LifeGoBearHimEverybodyAbout

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

John Perry Barlow

ProcessPoliticalWorthTroubleOut

All my films are shot on hand-held cameras. These cameras took five years to build and had to be light enough to be carried.

Robert Drew

LightEnoughBuildYearsFiveShot

What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that's a blessing. I'm okay with it.

LL Cool J

MusicBlessingArtPeopleYouWant

Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability.

Julia Gillard

EducationPeopleBuildNeedAttend

Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now.

Lisa Gardner

FutureGreatWarYouNowSay

Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish. But sometimes I use some words in English. I don't know why. Maybe because I listen to a lot of music in English.

Juanes

MusicWordsGuitarYouSometimes

I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyone used to stare at me riding up and down this block. I was too short to reach the pedals, so I put my legs through the V of the frame. I was famous. The little kid who could ride the ten-speed.

Jay-Z

RideBikeMeShortReachUncle

We're a pop art band. Not a pop band.

Chris Stein

ArtBandPopPop ArtPop Band

Getting onstage and trying out all of my material and what works well with audiences and what doesn't, what works well in different atmospheres, has been the best training.

Colleen Ballinger

BestTrainingTryingOutWellBeen

I think sexuality, especially, is one of those fluid things where oftentimes we find who we are through certain things that happen in our lives.

Cole Sprouse

ThinkFindHappenThroughSexuality

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