Bill Burr Quotes

I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.

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• The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.

  

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• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
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• I have the necessary lack of tact.

  

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• There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.

  

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• Women are sacred.

  

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• I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

  

  Sam Kinison
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• Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!

  

  Karl Liebknecht
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• I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.

  

  Nate Berkus
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• A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

  

  Fidel Castro
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• Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'

  

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• The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
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• Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.

  

  Ira Sachs
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• My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.

  

  Victoria Clark
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• I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.

  

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• Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

  

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• I can recite poetry, but I cannot write it.

  

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• The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.

  

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• When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.

  

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• When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.

  

  Ichiro Suzuki
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• Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

  

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• The thing about stand-ups is you can't really get good unless you're failing in front of a large number of people. That makes stand-up comedy unique: you need a tremendous amount of reserve within you to take the rejection from the audience, and without it, you can't do anything.

  

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• Every society needs educated people, but the primary responsibility of educated people is to bring wisdom back into the community and make it available to others so that the lives they are leading make sense.

  

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• I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all these unbelievable comedians I've seen on HBO: Chris Rock, George Carlin, Damon Wayans, Richard Pryor and Billy Crystal. I started having a panic attack seeing my name in that list of people. It was pretty overwhelming.

  

  Bill Burr
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