When I turned 50, I looked in the mirror and I thought: “Hey, this isn’t the dress rehearsal, this is life and I don’t know how much longer I’m going to have!”
TINA FEYNorth Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.
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So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?”
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Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
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I don’t like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don’t think that fighting and passion are the same thing.
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This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, ‘Okay, that happened, and I did not die.’ You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.
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Nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.
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An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women’s Affairs. Man, who’d she have to show here ankles to to get that job?
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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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Whatever the problem – be part of the solution
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Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.
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Start with a ‘Yes’, and see where that takes you.
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You can’t control things by being nervous.
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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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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
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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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