Paul Provenza Quotes
As a comedian, I'm like one of those on-the-scene reporters. I will actually go and try to find disasters so I can write jokes as the disasters unfold.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.
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Foreigners can only fight with success in the summer. We can fight during any of the four seasons, so we have the weather on our side.
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Existence will not stop until it gets to beauty.
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I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane
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A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and every one. [Fr., Une femme bel-esprit est le fleau de son mari, de ses enfants, de ses amis, de ses valets, et tout le monde.]
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No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you, Gabriel García Márquez.
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The glances over cocktails That seem to be so sweet Don't seem quite so amorous Over Shredded Wheat.
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The hatchet must fall on the block; the oak must be cleft to the centre. The weight of the world is on my shoulders. Here is the pen and the paper; on the letters in the wire basket I sign my name, I, I, and again I.
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Labour, because it chose to remain unintelligent, either became subservient, or insolently believed in damaging the capitalists' goods and machinery or even in killing the capitalists.
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We were far from rich, but I never remember my parents worrying about money.
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You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
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During all my concerts, I always dedicate some time to sing songs I've written for telenovelas and for other friends, and this one is always a favorite one.
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As a comedian, I'm like one of those on-the-scene reporters. I will actually go and try to find disasters so I can write jokes as the disasters unfold.
