Dan Barker Quotes
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.
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The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane.
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Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
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‘…Women I do not much care for myself - I prefer little Greek shepherd-boys…’
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I think food is getting lighter and healthier because people eat out so often. It's about quality ingredients because that is the root of good food.
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I've met so many remarkable people so far, coming up through stand-up all these years, who just aren't alive anymore. Because they are dead. Some really great people who helped change my life and career, people like Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Rodney Dangerfield, Johnny Carson.
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Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
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The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.
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The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.
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I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.
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The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.
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I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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My stepdad is Bruce Jenner, the Olympian. The first time he came over was like a blind date, and we had show and tell. He took out the gold medal for me and my sisters, and we were like, 'So? Who the hell are you?'
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There is no God! This negation must be understood solely to affect a creative Deity. The hypothesis of a pervading Spirit co-eternal with the universe remains unshaken.
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I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.
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You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just 8th grade ... An 8th-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!
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I'll decide to do a movie and then go oh, like "Twilight" fans are probably going to react to this or whatever. But that's always an afterthought. Like I don't plan things out based on other people's opinions of how like I think they're going to receive them. I do it like for the experience.
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Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
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There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it.
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Faith is not the result of fuzy thinking. It is the cause of it.
