Mark Thomas Quotes
People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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People of color grow up steeped in 'white' culture. The reverse is not true. And, no, listening to hip-hop on the way to work does not count as immersion.
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What brings two people together anyway?
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The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
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People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first; it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.
