Successful people just don’t let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I’d have people come up to me after my shows, and they’d say they want to do stand-up but are scared they’re going to fail. I’d tell them,
AISHA TYLERWhereas regular people tend to run away – because the embarrassing story is always going to be the really funny story.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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I love to be busy and be challenged. I’m my happiest when I’m under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.
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I’ve always been a gamer, and I had a period where I was gaming at a really hardcore level.
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When one is undone—sprawled across the cold tile of a public bathroom in a pool of one’s own vomit, or shivering in the back of a taxi in a pair of urine-soaked skinny jeans with no money for cab fare and a dead cell phone battery.
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I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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One thing we do really well on Archer and one thing I’ve always tried to do in my comedy and my writing and my podcast is to never speak down to my audience.
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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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A belief in feminism is a belief in personal freedom.
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Marriage is a mystery and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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I liked comedy, but didn’t know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney.
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I love it when I come across a word I don’t know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren’t smart enough to come along with me.
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I don’t believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
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Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
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After going through a lot of procedures and spending a lot of money … the doctor said, ‘Look, based on what we’re seeing here, I just don’t think this is going to happen for you.’
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