Tom Lehrer Quotes
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I love Baltimore and the people who call it home, and I sincerely believe that Maryland's biggest city must serve as the economic and cultural heart of our state.
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I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.
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I'll back up anything my dad says.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.
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If the scope of freedom and respect for the rule of law shrinks around the world, the likelihood of war within and between nations increases, and our own freedoms will eventually be threatened.
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If things do go badly, will I wonder for the rest of my life what I might have done to help?
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Have I had therapy? I went to a yoga class once.
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I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop and think about what I'm saying. I can see what's going to happen. I'm going to have to stop giving interviews because I'm always saying the wrong thing. I don't want that to happen.
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Gratitude is not a limited resource, nor is it costly. It is abundant as air. We breathe it in but forget to exhale.
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I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.
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Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.
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Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!
