Sandra Bernhard Quotes
Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.
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We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.
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When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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I get a lot that people have a hard time believing that I'm a nerd... but I grew up with a Nintendo controller in my hand.
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When you're someone in the media, the good thing is, I guess, that you can reach a lot of people.
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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
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People love music, but they also love the lifestyle and glam that comes along with it.
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When I was at my lowest, Tom Cruise reached out to me. He believed in me when other people didn't.
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I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge.
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The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.
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I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did.
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People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.
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I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out what people think and what they talk about and what specialised job they have.
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Television is the triumph of machine over people.
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'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
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I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.
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We shouldn’t be afraid to embrace whimsy, that nagging idea that life could be magical; it could be special if we were only willing to take a few risks.
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My fortune is in the fact that I don't need it.
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While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.
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Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.
