Harry Shearer Quotes
The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so I give us another 50 years.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of information, and we don't. We don't know what's going on behind the closed curtain. If we want to say we live in a free democratic society, we should be able to find out whatever we want to.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
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'Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind' was born out of my own journey of self-discovery within both my personal and professional life.
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Of course I want to have a family, but there's a right time for everything. When my time comes, it will happen.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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In 'Fifty Shades,' seemingly, Christian has all the power and control - but actually, Anastasia does.
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What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.
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All of us salute the ITU's excellent work in the telecommunications space. It has set standards which encourage investment in infrastructure and ensure that a call made from Europe or America connects smoothly in Kenya or anywhere in the world.
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It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
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I'm sort of a strange bird.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. And unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.
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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.
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The Simpsons will end as soon as Fox is able to find an 8 p.m. comedy hit to replace it - so I give us another 50 years.
