Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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I'm a sexual person. A lot of different people turn me on and have over the years, and I've always wanted to make it very clear that this was not coming from some sort of antimale point of view.
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You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
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I was really going through a transition in my life. I was tired of feeling victimized by my career.
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I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.
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Madonnas got one big choice. Take a couple of years off and become a human being.
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I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.
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I don't need to be redundant to the gay community about what's wrong and what isn't happening for them.
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I get happier every day. I have a sense of accomplishment every day of my life.
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When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.
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Kids need to be educated about sex and sexuality and if they're going to have sex, learn how to protect themselves and not get pregnant.
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I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.
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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.
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You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.
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There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again.
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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.
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The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.
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I think there are always different times in your life when you go, "Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier." But then you get through that, and you go, "Well, I'm not."
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I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
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I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of.
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When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?
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I hate to judge everybody across the board.
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If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit.
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My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.
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I'm sure that Jesus was an incredible person.