Garry Shandling Quotes
I enjoy 'The Apprentice' and the one that's called 'Take My Life' and the other one called 'Stop Hitting Me.'
Quotes to Explore
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.
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There's this thing in Hollywood about the sympathetic character and likability. I've never understood that because the people I love most in my life are not likable all the time. My wife is not always likable. I'm certainly not always likable. My dad is not always likable. We're human beings.
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So we need the same strategy, we need young, aggressive judges to be appointed, and that's what the President has done, but getting them through is the challenge.
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It's a challenge for any writer to write beyond what he knows. You get material, adapt it, and do the best you can with it.
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I enjoy 'The Apprentice' and the one that's called 'Take My Life' and the other one called 'Stop Hitting Me.'
