Bill Burr Quotes
If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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Once in a while, I do these things that would make the 10-year old version of me laugh. I don't know why. You've got to do something a little bit immature. I'm surprised at how often those are my best ideas.
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If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
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Over the years, I've learnt from co-actors, directors, technicians, and even from junior artists.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.
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As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I'm successful, I never feel like I'm anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I'm never content.
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I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.
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I see a lot of scripts, and very few of them leap off the page at you.
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I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way.
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
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I try not to obsess about recording. I'm definitely the one who will leave all the mistakes-to have that balance between what's undone and done. I try to move on to the next thing. I have friends who have been working on the same song for five, six years. They just won't let the songs go.
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Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.
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Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from a pay phone, and we didn't have the best talk. Ever since my stepdad passed away three years ago, she has been very depressed and hasn't been herself at all.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.
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If I can sell out clubs and theaters and play dirtbags in movies, and get blown up in a car or get the crap beat out of me in a movie, that's good for me; I'm good.
