Harry Shearer Quotes
Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then, the UFC had a very serious and big crisis; they were going through some tough times trying to get top fighters. All the best fighters were in PRIDE.
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No one has a resume that they are 100% comfortable with, nor does anyone have a life that they are 100% comfortable with.
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I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.
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People are seduced by signals from the world, but that is manipulation, not reality. Computers have learned more about us than we've learned about them.
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You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.
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I love being the favourite of every competition.
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A spiritual person is also in touch with his or her own reality, feelings and thoughts, and the reality of the people around him or her, not projecting on them.
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I suppose I've been very fortunate in terms of my longevity and my voice and the way it has held up over the years. I hope to be able to keep on doing what I'm doing until I can't do it anymore.
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Each year is a year for you to get better, so that's what I'm trying to do.
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Every other day I read a book. It takes me two days to finish a book. I like reading because if I'm not doing anything, then I read. If my mom tells me to go take out the trash, I'll go take out the trash, and come back and start reading again.
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Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.
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It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved.
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I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process.
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When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
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But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.
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Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.
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It is one thing to say Jesus is all you want; until He is all you have and you discover He is all you ever needed.
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It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo and starting all over again I am learning that I am more bodacious than I thought. I don't know where it's coming from but I am glad.
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In California, thieves have three choices: They can go to prison, Sacramento, or Washington D.C.
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As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're not playing the end. You're playing it realistically. You don't know where this character is going to go and what's going to happen to him, which just makes it more interesting for the viewers to watch.
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Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you.
