Tom Lehrer Quotes
Filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder. When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.
Quotes to Explore
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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The combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice lifts the spirits in winter.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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Laughter is a strange response. I mean, what is it? It's a spasm of some kind! Is that always joy? It's very often discomfort. It's some sort of explosive reaction. It's very complex.
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I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.
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I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.
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My real heroes have always been sportswriters.
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Personally, I believe people who have a lots of memories are people who are living with zest.
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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.
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The atheist market is a very overlooked and powerful market, it turns out.
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You have the power to remind us all that human dignity is not just a universal aspiration, but a human right.
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Every man harbors an inner female territory ruled by his mother, from whom he can never entirely break free.
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I'm going to make myself seem more mysterious because I'm really not so mysterious. Or, if I am, it's because everybody is a mystery. Now that I'm older, at least I can be more amused by what people said.
Nastassja Kinski -
The fact that millions of people use the term 'morality' as a synonym for religious dogmatism, racism, sexism, or other failures of insight and compassion should not oblige us to merely accept their terminology until the end of time.
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The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and consideration, and it appeals to the conscience and reflecting powers.
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The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They need a coalition of not just West and East, but they need a coalition of Christian and Jew and Muslim.
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Creative energy is more critical than learning.
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Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse conditions present themselves one after another.
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The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
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Integration will not bring a man back from the grave.
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Filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder. When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.
