North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror.
TINA FEYWhatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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In an attempt to make things easier for myself, which is the basis for all of history’s worst decisions […].
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If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.
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You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.
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You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person’s nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: “No, I’m a person. You can’t fix my underpants on the subway.”
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In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
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I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for even the faint hope of that.
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When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
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I got a fan letter on the back of a prison menu. And I remember thinking, ‘Well, they get pie. It’s not so bad. They get pie on the weekends.’ I want to say blueberry and also a Boston cream pie. Not so bad.
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You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.
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A wise friend once told me, ‘Don’t wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what they wear.’
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Life is improvisation.
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I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.’ I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.
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Not only is my wardrobe totally average, my body’s totally average. I love all the candy-fantasy fulfillment of Sex and the City.
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(Some people say “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.)
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.
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Gravity”: “It’s the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die then spend one more minute with a woman his own age.
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If you are a woman and you bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace, here they are. No pigtails, no tube tops. Cry sparingly.
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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
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You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.
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If you ever start to feel good about yourself… …. they have this thing called the internet.
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Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.
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Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue.
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I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.
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You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘this is impossible – oh,this is impossible’. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible.
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‘How do you juggle it all?’ people constantly ask me, with an accusatory look in their eyes. ‘You’re screwing it all up, aren’t you?’ their eyes say.
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You do not have to sleep with a comedian to learn what you’re doing. Male comedians will not like that advice, but it is the truth.
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