Harvey Pekar Quotes
I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.
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I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives.
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On the set I never know what day of the week it is.
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My red patent-leather, 5-inch peep-toe slingbacks are not mere shoes. They are fine art. They make me feel tall. They make me feel sexy. They make me feel powerful. I call them my 'special-day shoes.'
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I never really sang for anyone, apart from in the shower or with my best friend. I was shy. I didn't want to take voice lessons. I knew I could sing, but I just didn't tell anyone.
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Which passages of scripture should guide our public policy? Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is OK and that eating shellfish is an abomination? Or we could go with Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith?
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Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
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I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
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Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things... new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.
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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all stem from the same Abrahamic roots. All three reject terrorism.
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Your job is to allow the Holy Spirit to remove the fearful thinking that surrounds your perfect self.
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If the gospel of Jesus Christ can be proclaimed as a theology of self-esteem, imagine the health this could generate in society!
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No one can ever help loving anyone.
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I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.
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In the nature of things, a person engaged in the flimsy business of expressing himself on paper is dependent on the large general privilege of being heard. Any intimation that this privilege may be revoked throws a writer into panic.
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You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
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I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.
