Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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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 knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.
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Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change.
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If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit.
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I don't think somebody can just, like, wave a magic wand and make you a star.
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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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Hip doesn't really come into play anymore as far as I can tell.
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I've always gotten myself overly involved in supporting other women who've not always been as supportive in return.
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It's nobody's business how you do something.
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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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Gay pride's beautiful. If somebody needs to be expressing that, then it's a positive thing.
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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.
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When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.
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They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.
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There's this whole sense of judgment and who's right and who's wrong and who's moral and who's going to be punished.
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I really have a problem with any kind of drug, I always have.
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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 can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.
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At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.
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I get happier every day. I have a sense of accomplishment every day of my life.