If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.
TINA FEY‘How do you juggle it all?’ people constantly ask me, with an accusatory look in their eyes. ‘You’re screwing it all up, aren’t you?’ their eyes say.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you’re asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.
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I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
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A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby’s temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who’s boss.
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For my first show at ‘SNL’, I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn’t getting any laughs.
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Nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.
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I am going to dedicate myself, full time, to my day-drinking.
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You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘this is impossible – oh,this is impossible’. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.
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Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.
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Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.
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(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)
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Seriously, I’ve just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.
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Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
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Whatever the problem – be part of the solution
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
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My work is my work. I take my work seriously but I don’t take myself too seriously.
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