Jerome Kern Quotes
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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Pretty is so boring now. There are so many different definitions of 'pretty.' It's so much broader than before. The old pretty is boring - nobody cares anymore.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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I've always been working just to be a world champion and it's a dream come true.
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When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
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Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.
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Well, at least you have led us to the small mailman and the one who smells of prunes." - "UP
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Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.
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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
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The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.
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Irving Berlin has no place in American music -- he is American music.
