"I did Showtime at the Apollo when I was 10, and it was the first time that Id ever performed on TV, and it felt great."

-- Sevyn Streeter

#Firsts Quotes #Tvs Quotes #Apollo Quotes

“There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.”
“To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!”

Source : James H. Cone “Black Theology and Black Power”, Orbis Books
“The characters do have a life of their own; it's weird.”
“Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.”

Source : Robert Burton (1824). “The Anatomy of Melancholy,: In which the Kinds, Causes, Consequences, and Cures of this English Malady, ... are -- "traced from Within Its Inmost Centre to Its Outmost Skin."”, p.178
“One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.”
“A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.”

Source : James Carlos Blake (2010). “Handsome Harry: A Novel”, p.80, Zondervan
“We're all idealistic when young.”

Source : Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.23, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite. I've never liked curse words for that reason.”

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