Sarah Silverman Quotes
Some things are just for private. It's like people thinking I'm cold or this or that. It's unfortunate, but I don't need strangers to know that I'm warm. I don't need strangers to know the real me.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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When we say Afro American, we include everyone in the Western Hemisphere of African descent. South America is America. Central America is America. South America has many people in it of African descent.
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America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos Def have made better albums since Black Star.
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I don't necessarily want to make people stomp and clap. I simply want to engage people.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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I've been on a team that won the world championship of barbecue. But barbecue's interesting, because it's one of these cult foods like chili, or bouillabaisse. Various parts of the world will have a cult food that people get enormously attached to - there's tremendous traditions; there's secrecy.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.
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I'm sassy, even though I hate that word! I'm sensitive and cry real easily.
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People don't want to hear about it if you're frustrated with your big career break.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.
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You know when people say, 'How do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa - that's a downgrade.' But the only question I can ask them is: 'Have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me, I did not downgrade at all. Not in any aspect, at all.'
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I think because of the eccentricity of my work and how I dress, people expect me to be bouncing off the walls. But that's just not how I am.
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I have always had a very busy life. The difference is that a lot more people are helping advise me what to do, and a lot more people are observing what I do. But in terms of time and working schedule, it is not that different from my normal working week.
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I understand that mutual dissatisfaction is a factor in their collaboration. I imagine it isn’t a far step from mutual goals to mutual respect, and from there to love.
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I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.
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Some things are just for private. It's like people thinking I'm cold or this or that. It's unfortunate, but I don't need strangers to know that I'm warm. I don't need strangers to know the real me.
