So I think the longer you do stand-up, the more comfortable you are. You stop wanting to hide your foibles and instead want to show who you are.
AISHA TYLERI thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn’t do anything academically around the arts.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
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I was really unhappy. I had a great job that I should have loved, yet I was miserable. I slowly realized that was because I wasn’t performing. So I just tried stand-up and fell in love with it after one performance.
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I’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it.
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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don’t tell me how I need to be in order to fit your standards.
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They always say some women like to fix people. I don’t like to fix people, but you like a challenge.
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I wish I could say I’m an architect and planned it this way, foresaw doing all these things, but honestly, I’ve been lucky that things have come across my path and they’ve worked out well for me.
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I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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I’m the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.
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Much like a wobbly toddler or an unhinged politician, one immediately looks for someone else to blame. God. Your parents. Ex-girlfriends. Undocumented immigrants. Marvin in Human Resources. China.
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I will say that stand-up is my first love; it’s how I got started and is in my bones.
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