Gerald Kaufman Quotes
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.
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I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.
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But due to the present regulations the other drivers have better chances again. This brings back the tension.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the sixties were very much opposed to it. I was, too, and it was never a possibility for gays, but when I saw how opposed the Religious Right was to it, I thought it a fight worth fighting.
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I feel, even if someone is blessed with good hair, one needs to follow the basic hair care regime, and that means investing in the correct shampoo, conditioner, and mask.
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I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.
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When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.
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Compton is this amazing place with a rich history. I see it as a new Brooklyn.
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The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature that might more obviously qualify as 'religious.'
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At first, I didn't really care if global warming existed. But then I realized it means that less bums would freeze to death in the winter
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The longest suicide note in history.
