Harvey Pekar Quotes
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, but when I'm singing, that's who I am. I don't write music, so I choose songs that I would have written.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.
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Learn how to heal yourself and stop fucking with them hospitals
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I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do.
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When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
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The explosion in the number of available personal services says a great deal about changing ideas of what we can reasonably expect from whom.
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Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
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Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.
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Television news was expanding to an hour, and producers did not know how to fill the space and time.
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I don't think I've ever been moulded but I think I am always learning.
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Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain.
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I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.
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I was an only child for 15 years and then this lovely present, Fred, came along. It was great - it meant I had my teenage years with a little one around.
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I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can't say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
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The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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Words can't express how humbled I am in being given the privilege to portray Gunnery Sergeant Basilone!
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'That was the time to begin all-out preparations for war.' 'On the contrary. That was the time to begin all-out prevention of war.'
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Comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures.
