Harry Shearer Quotes
Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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I can get a black eye, a bloody nose. I can have a bad day in the gym. At the end of the day, I don't have a bad payday, and I don't have a bad night under the lights... I get bumps, bruises... but I don't have a bad night.
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We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.
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Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
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Honey you came along and captured my heartNow my love is somewhere lost in your kissWhen I'm all alone it's you that I missGirl, a love like yours is hard to resist.
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I think that if a writer doesn't use her voice, be it in her writing or online or in real life, then what is the point of having one?
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We were always a middle-class family who took pride in our little set-up.
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If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.
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I think what's been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward.
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I can't think of anything more important than a kid being sick and making them laugh and making that whole experience a little easier.
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Well, this is the second time I've done New Directors.
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You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
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There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain.
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With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us that nothing in this world will remain, except for Allah.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
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Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.
