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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Many people who I respected were disappointed when I started 'Wine Library TV.' They thought I was dumbing down wine, but I always knew I was one of the biggest producers of new wine drinkers in the world, and people are realizing it now.
Gary Vaynerchuk
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
Carl Yastrzemski
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
Patrick J. Adams
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To know what Fascism really is we must first of all know what it is we are fighting, what the Fascist regimes really are and do, who puts up the money and backs Fascism in every country, and who owns the nations under such regimes, and why the natives of all Fascist countries must be driven into harder work, less money, reduced standards of living, poverty and desperation so that the men and corporations who found, subsidize and own Fascism can grow unbelievably rich.
George Seldes
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Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.
Russell M. Nelson
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Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tom Lehrer
