Adam DeVine Quotes

Even as a kid, I was a businessman. I figured out that if you plucked all the berries off my neighbor's tree and smashed them up, they made a Nickelodeon Gak-type consistency. I sold them to all the neighborhood kids and made stacks of quarters. Of course, the berries were poisonous, and I got in all types of trouble.

Adam DeVine

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TreeConsistencyYouNeighborKid

Occasionally, I've been asked to do American roles, and once or twice I have, but I don't understand Americans. I don't have any real feeling for American culture.

Jim Broadbent

CultureAmericanFeelingUnderstand

Fashion is about comfort and feeling good.

Max Azria

GoodFashionFeeling GoodComfort

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Robert Schumann

ArtEnthusiasmNothingRightWithout

Puerto Ricans, it doesn't matter where they live, it doesn't matter how long it's been since they visited the island, their hearts are there. If you keep them informed, and if you say to them, 'This is important for Puerto Rico, go and call your congressman,' they do it. They do it.

Anibal Acevedo Vila

LiveLongYouPuerto RicoImportant

Americans are shy about the body.

Ana Beatriz Barros

BodyShyAbout

Don't go into something you actually don't know much about, in the hopes that you're going to get really financially successful and rewarded... even though people think you're, like, terrific.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

PeopleThinkYouGoKnowSuccessful

I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodShoppingBlackAdmitLittle

I have black friends, but I don't just hang out with black kids. I might pull up with Indian kids, white kids, black kids, whatever.

Travis Scott

BlackFriendsWhiteWhateverOutUp

I could live my whole life being so comfortable doing things I've already worked hard to not be nervous at, or I could continue to push the envelope and make myself uncomfortable and learn and see what I'm capable of, and acting is definitely that.

Ruby Rose

LifeLiveMyselfLearnPushDoing

To butcher a pork shoulder is to be forcibly reminded that this is the shoulder of a large mammal, made up of distinct groups of muscles with a purpose quite apart from feeding me. The work itself gives me a keener interest in the story of the hog: where it came from and how it found its way to my kitchen.

Michael Pollan

WorkPurposeMeKitchenStoryWay

Whenever I've tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It's something I do automatically - I've learnt to immediately adapt.

Mitski

CommunityMyselfMeToo MuchAdapt

In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.

Dennis Quaid

TeenPlanEarlyBecomeYearsVet

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