Brett Gelman Quotes
As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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Sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a child.
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This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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We've always been ready for female superheroes. Because women want to be them and men want to do them.
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Randomness works well in search-sometimes better than humans.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
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Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
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I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
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Two lovers move in the crowd like a link of music,We press upon them, we hold them, and let them pass;A chord of music strikes us and straight we tremble;We tremble like wind-blown grass.
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One of the ways I think you make more money is by creating more efficiency.
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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
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It's easy to say, 'I love you,' to someone, but it's more meaningful to thank someone for loving you.
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I'm a bit of a traditionalist; the ballroom is all about tails and I never mess about with that. But for the Latin you can have a bit fun: tight trousers, gold shirt open to my waist, be a bit ridiculous.
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People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.
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We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.
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As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
