Baruch Spinoza Quotes
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them.
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I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
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As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.
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The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Democrats hate success.
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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I hate chilling. I hate even the notion of chilling. I like doing stuff.
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I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.
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There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire – poison and antidote.
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American workers need a common-sense plan to make small businesses and entrepreneurs competitive again - not simply more government spending.
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I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.
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I do believe in love; it's wonderful – especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
