Lisa Lampanelli Quotes
I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.
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Yeah, I'm a spiritual person.
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I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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You, too, will be driven away from your native land and ancient domains as leaves are driven before the wintry storms. Sleep not longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws, in false security and delusive hopes. Our broad domains are fast escaping from our grasp.
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It may look perfect, but that's one thing I have learned about life is that it isn't always what it looks.
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When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.
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To be honest, I wasn't the best stand-up comic.
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True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.
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I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'
