Adam DeVine Quotes

When I was 15, I worked as a bag boy in a grocery store. I also needed to walk old ladies to their car and put their bags in the car, and they would give me two dollars. I felt like the richest man in the world.

Adam DeVine

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I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

Jessica Savitch

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When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I.

John Rocha

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I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

Rosanna Arquette

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I had to take the driver's test twice. And they don't make you parallel park anymore, but you can't hit the curb when you're backing up. And I hit the curb.

Miranda Cosgrove

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Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Joseph Roux

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I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.

Donald Knuth

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We're so specialized now in our entertainment. It's nice to do a show where you're really circling back to this idea of, 'Couldn't there be a show the whole family can watch together?'

Dean Devlin

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I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

Chevy Chase

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I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head.

Chris Benz

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I call horses 'divine mirrors' - they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that.

Allan Hamilton

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Ray Santos is one of my personal heroes. I model my life on people like him.

Arturo O'Farrill

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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.

Wole Soyinka

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