I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college,
AISHA TYLERI 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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Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work.
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I’m just myself, so I don’t know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
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Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they’re always going to be up, and I think that’s impossible for anyone.
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My parents were vegetarians. I’d show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.
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Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
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All these young books for women are like I’m 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can’t get a date. Come on.
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I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.
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Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
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I’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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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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I don’t want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
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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 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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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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Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.
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