Sandra Bernhard Quotes

I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.

Sandra Bernhard

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• Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.

  

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• I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.

  

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• I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.

  

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• But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.

  

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• I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.

  

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• I just like doing silly girly things. If I wrap a gift, I like to use specials ribbon and hot glue, silk flowers and things.

  

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• When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.

  

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• The world's become a little too mean.

  

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• This is a simple change that will provide a huge financial boost for many Americans, particularly low- to moderate-income families. It is an important step in making sure we do everything we can to encourage all Americans to save and plan for the future.

  

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• The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music.

  

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• My heritage, many generations back, is Dutch and it was fun to go where nobody asked me how to pronounce my name.

  

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• Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they're going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way.

  

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• Instead of the joblessness, instead of the millions forced into part-time work, instead of the millions who’ve lost their health insurance, lost their doctors, have faced skyrocketing health insurance premiums, imagine in 2017 a new president signing legislation repealing every word of Obamacare.

  

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• He stood back smiling while they shook hands and murmured politely, and Amelia, meeting the Dutchman's sleepy gaze, had a sudden strange feeling, as though everything had changed; that nothing would ever be the same again; that there was no one else there, only herself and this giant of a man, still staring at her.

  

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• I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.

  

  Sandra Bernhard