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W. Kamau Bell Quotes

Most people have the ability to turn their empathy engine back on, but there's such a seductive burn to not being empathetic.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: January 26, 1973

Topics

Empathy People Back Burn Turn Being

Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.

Respect Building Appreciate America

Every family is dysfunctional.

Family Dysfunctional Every

The time you do get edgy and the time you do want to slack off is the time, boom, there goes your opportunity. So you don't want to have that.

Opportunity Time You Want Edgy Get

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.

Memories Past Think Back I Think

When I sit down to write, I just let the goose out of the bottle.

Down Write Out Goose Sit Bottle

For the most part, this record is autobiographical. At some point, the story of 'The Houston Kid' takes my experiences from 6 to 15 years old, and it sort of cross-pollinates with other kids in my neighborhood. It fuses their experiences with what was going on in my life.

Life Story My Life Old Kid Houston

I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound.

Lose Nothing Month Pound Once Ate

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Miguel de Cervantes

Knowledge Yourself You Vanity Will

Latinos that are in the industry writing and producing, they can't be afraid to go out there and say, 'I want my lead to be Latino. And I want to talk about this, I wanna write about that.' And Latinos as a whole, as a people in America, need to go out and support.

Support People Writing America Want

Nobody is my boss.

I wanted to draw and do costumes. I was prepared to train for that, but I needed something to do on my time off from high school, so I called an agent without telling anyone and started working with her.

Time School High School Train High

I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.

Brendan Gleeson

Character Think Doing Long Find Two

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