David Steinberg Quotes
Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.
Quotes to Explore
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I realized that if I don't like something, I can change it. If I don't feel comfortable with something, then I have a voice to say it's not cool.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Armenian folklore has it that three apples fell from Heaven: one for the teller of a story, one for the listener, and the third for the one who 'took it to heart.' What a pity Heaven awarded no apple to the one who wrote the story down.
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If you actually succeed in creating a utopia, you've created a world without conflict, in which everything is perfect. And if there's no conflict, there are no stories worth telling - or reading!
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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The question of one versus two species of African elephants isn't about settling an arcane DNA argument; it's about life or death for these majestic, extraordinary creatures.
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At the time of the formation of the euro, I would say most American economists said that's not a good idea; that's not a currency area that makes sense. And the answer from Europe was, 'How is Missouri and Mississippi a currency area?' But the flaw in that was not recognizing the importance of mobility.
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He didn't even take up golf because it would take away time from his family or children or grandchildren. He was completely selfless.
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Like its Senate counterpart, H.R. 1908 is the product of years of bipartisan collaboration. And now, by passing S. 1145, the U.S. Senate has a similar opportunity to restore our patent regime to its rightful position of protecting inventors' property rights and spurring innovation. These are values that all Americans should rally behind.
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Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.
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Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.
