Quotes by Hal Sparks - Page 1

I like struggle.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Struggle
Like
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If I have anything, it's tenacity.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Ifs
Tenacity
Anything
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I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.
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Dissecting
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
Hal Sparks / Actor
I Can
Ignorant
Trying
I Can Try Things
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Ive been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Drummer
Frustrated
Guitar
Play
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Political and social change is always a stagger-step process.
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Social Change
Change Political Process
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The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.
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Genuine
Regard
Important Thing
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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Craft
Major Influence
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I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.
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Computer
Grew
Grew Up
Named
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Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Pet
Portions
Truth Be Told
Truth Is
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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More Money
Waste
Time Money Better
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There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing.
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Hesitation
Me Doing Never
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The Bush administration made us nostalgic for ... well, any other time in history.
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Administration
Made
Nostalgic
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I admire Laura Bush because she's the only librarian who would marry an illiterate.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Admire
Laura
Librarian
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It's better to waste money, than it is to waste time. You can always get more money.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Money
Waste
Time Always Better
Get
Time Money Better
Waste Time
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Actors
Benefits
Illusion
Benefit
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Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Kids
Stills
Support
Bush
Michael
George
George Bush
Jackson
Supports
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Boredom is your mind and body's way of telling you you're not living up to your potential.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Body
Boredom
Mind
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Jerry Springer' is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Jerry
Lions
Redneck
Throwing
Version
Christians
Just Kind
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'Jerry Springer' is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Christian
Lions
Redneck
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Airplane
Comfort
Laughing
Guarantee
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Mainly, when I go see a show, unfortunately it's more industrial espionage than it is going to actually enjoy a show.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Enjoy
Espionage
Shows
Unfortunately
Industrial
Mainly
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Seriousness
Study
Style
Yang
Chi
Longer
Whatsoever
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I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Decided
Focus
Guitar
Neglected
Player
Rhythm
Guitar Players
Noticed
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Believe
Little Time
Littles
People
Waste
Love Time Believe
Genuinely
How Much Time
Time People
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Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Giving Up
Political
Social Change
Two
Step Forward
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I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Technology
Community
Way
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Other kids would sneak out of the house to go to parties and do untoward things. I was sneaking out to do standup downtown. It paid off.
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Downtown
Paid
Sneak
Other Kids
Parties
Standup
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All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I'm just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Day Job
In The Beginning
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Earthquakes
Obvious
Rain
Tears
Analogy
Craft
Major Influence
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There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Band
Hesitation
Rely
Me Doing Never
Anyone Else
Unlike
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Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Innovative
Poison
Sound
Ceos
Rest
Financially
Remind
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Patriot
Patriot Act
Ploy
Figured
Um
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Kids
Running
Gay
Growing Up
Buddies
Hang
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Good Job
If I Could
Philosophy
Laughs
Lecture
Primary
Primary Goal
Secondary
Sew
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I'm as heterosexual as any person need be. I'm open about my relationships - or lack thereof - in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn't contagious. It's not something that you can catch or learn or choose.
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Contagious
Case
Catch
Heterosexual
Relationships
Thereof
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The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?
Hal Sparks / Actor
Charm
Technique
People Name Know
Literally
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People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Guilty
Pleasure
Throat
Your Body
Time Body People
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The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.
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Artist
Deeper
Dust
People
Life Happiness World
Cartoons
Substitute
Meaning
Musicians
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Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Heartbeat
Psychology
Timing
Vegas
Audiences
Different Places
Shift
Whitman
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Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Dream
Bob
Game Shows
Genuine
Prize
Reality
Reality Shows
Sorry
Won
Rock
Shatter
Toaster
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As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Genuine
Intense
Naked
Rage
Sorrow
Express
Stand Up
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I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that. As my skill and knowledge of the instrument grew, I found lead started to come naturally. Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer. Ha ha!
Hal Sparks / Actor
Knowledge
Decided
Drummer
Focus
Frustrated
Grew
Neglected
Rhythm
Naturally
Lead
Guitar Players
Instrument
Noticed
Skill
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If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Commitment
Equal
Equal Rights
Mean
Rights
Life Time Freedom
Life Freedom Time
Include
Mouth
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If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I've done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it's important to have substance for what you're saying.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Good Job
If I Could
Substance
Laughs
Lecture
Primary
Primary Goal
Secondary
Sew
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People think that the arts are optional and they aren't. They teach a level of emotional depth that's equally important to mathematic skill. You can replace some math skills with a calculator if you know how to operate the thing, but there's no calculator for human interaction.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Art
Depth
Emotional
Interaction
Math
Optional
Teach
Arts
Calculator
Equally
People Important Know
Operate
Replace
Skill
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Cold Case Files and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Bangs
Details
Ideas
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
Hal Sparks / Actor
Bumper
Bumper Sticker
Cold
Files
Myth
Sticker
Thirst
Bang
Chat
Detail
No Interest
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