I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.


Dana Carvey

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Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in th...
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I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their envi...
DANA PERINO
Inauguration Day is like two ships passing in the night: the new staff moving in while the other wal...
DANA PERINO
Civility is a choice.
DANA PERINO
I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don'...
DANA PERINO
A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, ...
DANA PERINO
One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitche...
DANA PERINO
Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important thin...
DANA PERINO
I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grac...
DANA PERINO
Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
DANA PERINO
It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
DANA HUSSEIN
Despite all these obstacles and bad security situation, I have the energy and the resolve to train, ...
DANA HUSSEIN
I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
DANA HUSSEIN
If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
DANA HUSSEIN
Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this s...
DANA HUSSEIN
As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.
DANA HUSSEIN
I'm very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets.
DANA HUSSEIN
Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.
DANA HUSSEIN
To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
DANA HUSSEIN
I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but...
DANA HILL
Now that I'm more mature, in a funny way, I can even appreciate that I've bad to become more...
DANA HILL
I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medic...
DANA HILL
My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is ...
DANA HILL
I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so m...
DANA HILL
I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
DANA HILL
I know all the critics.
DANA HILL
I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but...
DANA HILL
I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rat...
DANA HILL
People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, jus...
DANA HILL
I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college ...
DANA HILL
Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary fo...
DANA GOODYEAR