Maria Bamford Quotes

Some of my friends and family have tried to challenge me to do jokes that aren't as self-deprecating, where I genuinely express my own opinion in my own voice.

Maria Bamford

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FamilyChallengeFriends And Family

You have to give people something to dream on.

Jimi Hendrix

PeopleYouDreamSomethingGive

We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.

Jerome Cavanagh

HopeDoingEnoughAgainstBeenRiot

I think great writers should write great shows, and I have trouble with, like, what you are in life shouldn't automatically make you what you do in your art. It doesn't necessarily translate.

Jenji Kohan

LifeGreatArtThinkYouTrouble

Being an actor is really, really hard, no matter how you slice it.

Amanda Peet

YouActorMatterHardBeingSlice

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

Stephen Ambrose

AmericanWayInferiorEveryAfrican

A lot of companies lock up for a few weeks once a year for performance reviews. But there's a way to collect feedback in real time from Slack so that by the end of the year, you've already stored up all of this information.

Stewart Butterfield

TimePerformanceEndYearYouWay

Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well.

Tom Selleck

LoveSomeoneYouWellOnlyLike

I usually get so warned when I go to Detroit, like, 'Oh my God, don't go to this section, don't go to that section.' I've never had any issues in Detroit. I love that there's enough of a racial mix of people to make fun of. I've always had a good time there.

Lisa Lampanelli

LoveGoodGodTimeFunPeople

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

Jayson Blair

WalkManCollegeSayingBlackUsed

Mobile notifications put people in a state of perpetual emergency interruption - similar to what 911 operators and air traffic controllers experienced back in the '70s and '80s.

Douglas Rushkoff

PeopleBackTrafficEmergencyAir

A lot of ultramarathoners are soloists. They're single and live lives off the grid.

Dean Karnazes

LiveSingleOffGridLotLives

I think being shy or a little bit more mild-mannered is more how you treat people and how you go about your business, not necessarily how you dress or things of that nature.

Colin Kaepernick

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