Sarah Silverman Quotes
Why would I become involved with something that doesn't include everyone? If you're getting married today, it's the equivalent of joining a country club that doesn't allow blacks or Jews.
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Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public's money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs - but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.
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I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
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Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals for themselves or rapacious fund managers.
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Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.
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Islam has always been a part of America's story.
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The first half of the 20th century in the United States and much of the world was an era when racial and ethnic differences determined even the most uncontrived actions. Stepping into a restaurant, boarding a train, engaging in sexual relationships, or running or voting for a public office were all ruled by notions of differences between groups.
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Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
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Fresh out the bank, it's the Birdman Junior, money too long. Teachers, put away your rulers.
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[Diversity] is the future. You can't stop it. It's going where it's going, so I choose to be with the future.
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My roses are my jewels; the sun, moon, and stars my clocks; fruit and water my fare.
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America may be the best country, but that's like being the prettiest Denny's waitress. Just because you're the best doesn't mean you're good.
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So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.
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Why would I become involved with something that doesn't include everyone? If you're getting married today, it's the equivalent of joining a country club that doesn't allow blacks or Jews.
