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 TYLERthe freedom to live a life free of fear of violence, to select a fulfilling career and be compensated fairly, to choose when to start a family, to marry whom you love.
More Aisha Tyler Quotes
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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’m my own boss and my boss is a total ass.
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I 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.
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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’m such a geek, and have always been a real nerd.
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Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don’t think so.
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So much of a stand-up’s life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes.
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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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I want everyone, regardless of gender, to live a life free of restriction or fear, able to pursue their own personal brand of happiness and fulfillment.
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Karaoke is the great equalizer.
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I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way.
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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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I really do know football.
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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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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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