Harvey Pekar Quotes
It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
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When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
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Sofia Coppola is wonderful, and I'd love to work with her.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.
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Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.
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I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.
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We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
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I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.
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There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.
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I think whatever dress you wear, people will criticise you. Different people have different opinions.
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Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.
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It wasn't in the cards to work out in football.
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Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.
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'Polytechnique' changed everything in my way of working. I became an adult, really, during those five years. I didn't work on anything else but 'Polytechnique.'
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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I'm really more of an executive.
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I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.
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I just have to say no to some of the stunts that I love doing so much. I enjoy doing that stuff, but I've learned to let the stuntmen do those.
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It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
