Lenny Bruce Quotes
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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I'm a big fan of Die Antwoord, which is a different style than I normally listen to.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The hard-line sanctions skeptics have their own self-interested reasons for opposing sanctions, but they ground their opposition in claims that America uses sanctions to inflict punishment for punishment's sake.
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Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.
Nastassja Kinski -
I have a lot in common with Lewis Carroll's Alice (my favorite female literary heroine, besides Becky Sharp). I've been sent on a journey to places even bleach can't reach.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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Every day, members of the LGBTQ community deal with challenges that most Americans will never have to face. These challenges appear in the workplace, in your homes, in your community, and even in the halls of Congress.
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People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.
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My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pennsylvania.
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Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
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In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.
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I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
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If a place is in your blood, you leave it at your peril. You will never be happy anywhere else.
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We have contributed through Indian culture; so many international collections are Indian-inspired. Why we don't make an international impact? We have talent, but we have not leveraged it, not married commerce to design.
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I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully.
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If you think there's an important difference between being a Christian or a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or a Buddhist, then you're making a division between your heart, what you love with, and the way you act in the world.
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I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.
