Sarah Silverman Quotes
Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.
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I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Stephen Colbert used to be my friend. I even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.
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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
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I think everyone who's successful consistently is ambitious.
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When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.
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And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
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Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.
