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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
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"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."
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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."
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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."
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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"Rolling Stones, Beatles, we gave them all the break they were looking for. All they needed was a good opening act, and we went out there and performed as well as we could... over 15,000 kids chanting."
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"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."
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"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."
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"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."
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"Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken."
Career

"People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it."
People

"My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends."
Act

"I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking."
Funny

"I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way."
Funny

"That's my only goal. Surround myself with funny people, and make sure everyone has a good time and works hard."
Funny

"I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion."
Care

"It's painful for me to watch someone who isn't funny. It's horrifying to sit in the back and watch some guy who just totally sucks."
Funny

"Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD."
Girlfriend

"People for the most part can smell lies."
People
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