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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Happiness is the reward of virtue.
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I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal: high enough so you can look up her dress.
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It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force
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I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.
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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.
