Becky Stark Quotes
Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness. The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.
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I never want to sound preachy about youth and feminism, but I feel like there aren't enough young people coming out about their concerns and opinions.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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I think what's most important is family.
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My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about me, I should just go to the airport! That is where I am most recognized.
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With segregation, with the isolation of the injured and the robbed, comes the concentration of disadvantage. An unsegregated America might see poverty, and all its effects, spread across the country with no particular bias toward skin color. Instead, the concentration of poverty has been paired with a concentration of melanin.
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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
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The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.
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Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.
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Reading the Socratic dialogues one has the feeling: what a frightful waste of time! What's the point of these arguments that prove nothing and clarify nothing?
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I wouldn't say I was a rebel as such, but I certainly wasn't right at school.
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My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.
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'Oh, Calcutta,' was one of the healthiest shows I've ever been in.
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You have to be just as meticulous on television as on the stage.
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Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want you to write it. And then sometimes you see a situation and think, 'I'd like to write about that.' Those are two different ways of being approached by a poem, or approaching a poem.
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Groupon, as you probably are by now aware, is exactly what it sounds like: a daily-deal site offering group discounts. Maybe you've seen that done before, but certainly not like Groupon, which has executed with an energetic sales force and engaging copywriters, many culled from the Chicago comedy scene.
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If you think of the people who are funny in your life, you'll note it's not because they tell jokes, it's because of their character. If you develop characters, then you'll know them, and you'll know how they'll speak. The comedy will come out of the character.
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Why don't we teach our children in school what they are? We should say to them, 'You are unique... you have the capacity for anything. You are a marvel'.
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Comedy doesn't really have any meaning without sadness. The most meaningful comedy comes from some really serious pathos.
