Harvey Pekar Quotes
I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
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There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time.
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When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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Mom and I…we're both very flaky people.
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People who take things too literally don't get much of anything from my teaching. By never saying anything I mean, I say a great deal. I never mean anything I say under oath. I never mean exactly what I say. Not even this. You have to read between the words.
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I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.
