Tom Lehrer Quotes
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tom Lehrer
Quotes to Explore
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
Karen Salmansohn
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
Gabriel Iglesias
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
Aaron Sorkin
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Earl Warren
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson
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Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.
Jack Dangermond
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My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
Madeleine Albright
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Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
Nancy Pelosi
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I'm from the north, so I'm anti-Thatcher.
Faye Marsay
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Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me – if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring.
Zooey Deschanel
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My dear fellow, the truth isn't quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl.
Oscar Wilde
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I try not to worry about my appearance as much as possible.
Ellar Coltrane
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I think it's a wonderful thing, turning 50. I think everyone should do it at least once.
Elvis Duran
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
Fiona Shaw
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I took inspiration from 'Fountainhead,' the way in which Ayn Rand conveyed her political philosophy through an immensely popular novel.
Eliyahu Goldratt
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As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats....When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when somebody asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self-abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.
Keith Olbermann
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Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tom Lehrer
