Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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I think I've drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she's gone. She had it all.
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I always have kind of underneath feeling of peace of mind that I get from just the basic tenants of spirituality.
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The live show is different from the album. It's different every night depending on where I am and how many months have gone by since I last performed.
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Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.
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It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness.
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In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.
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There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.
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I've always loved being at the eye of the storm creatively with people that I find exciting and glamorous. So sometimes I got sidetracked in my career and maybe I would have done more TV or film.
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I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.
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Not everybody is cookie-cutter. You just can't be. There are too many variables in life.
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I think everybody is covering their posteriors with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the fact that they should never have been in the White House in the first place. What happened in the election was completely corrupt.
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I would be dishonorable in a relationship because I wasn't getting what I wanted from that person.
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If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.
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How far can we go? How much can we absorb and still have some peace of mind?
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As a kid, I loved being loved, and still do. Who doesn't love being loved?
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Of course, everybody's family is dysfunctional - we've accepted that. What are we supposed to do? Hate our parents for the rest of our lives?
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The real terrorist threats are George W. Bush and his band of brown-shirted thugs.
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I definitely want to be with somebody who doesn't feel lost or in my shadow.
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I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.
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I like the energy of live performance.
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Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.
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I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.
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I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.
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A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.