Bill Maher Quotes
We don't like mystery. You like mystery, 'cause it's not a mystery to you; you know when you're gonna get laid.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was.
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Each is responsible for his own actions.
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I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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'Carousel,' please! I would die to do that.
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My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
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The love received is the love that is saved.
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I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.
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I don't really get recognised very much.
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I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!
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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?'
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Bolton School has a great tradition in the liberal arts.
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I never dreamed about being a millionaire - I dreamed about being a football player.
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I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.
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That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.
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I get paid for what most kids get punished for.
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I like acting impulsively, but I'm also extremely thoughtful about what I do. So, it's not like someone would say 'Don't do something,' and I'd automatically go, 'I'm gonna do it anyway.'
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Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real.
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In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.
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We don't like mystery. You like mystery, 'cause it's not a mystery to you; you know when you're gonna get laid.
