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.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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My style advice to other girls is to be experimental but always have a 'home base' and stick with your comfort style.
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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 live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.
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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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Ut quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum.
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The world's become a little too mean.
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It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy.
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I like to dress up and put on a nice suit for a party or a special event; I do enjoy it, but on a daily basis, I wear stuff that I feel comfortable in, you know?
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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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I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
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I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff.
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When faced with something complex, spend the time to think about some structure, write down sentences, think about it some more, and then share it.
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Lyrics are for teenage girls, brah.
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The waste of intelligence. A community that finds it natural to suffocate with the care of home and children so many women’s intellectual energies is its own enemy and doesn’t realize it.” I waited in silence.
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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.
