When I was younger, those kinds of comments bothered me, but eventually got to a point where I realized I wasn’t going to change who I was.
AISHA TYLERAll 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.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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I’m black, and black don’t crack. It does droop.
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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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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,
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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,
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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 always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person’s interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.
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I love being married. I love my husband. I think married people always have that thing where they think that the grass is greener on the single side, but all my single friends are like,
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Real sacrifice. Real disappointment. Real failure. And it requires the ability to scrape your sorry ass up off the floor, stumble to your feet.
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So everything is all the same job in my eyes, and I don’t want to ever give up any part of it.
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“Trust me, you don’t want to have to actually interact with these people.”
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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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“You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures.”
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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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I grew up on the back of a motorcycle – my dad didn’t have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy.
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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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