Bill Burr Quotes
My career has been a slow burn, so waiting to do the Edinburgh Festival was a smart move. If I'd spent a month there 10-15 years ago, there's no way anyone was gonna remember me.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I like deconstructing things. I like cutting the legs out from under something that feels secret.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.
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Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Take disturbance as an awakening sign that you misunderstand something you assumed you understood.
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I think that sometimes we put undue pressure on stories featuring people of color, and I hope we get to a point where it's not such a rarity to see a person of color be the hero of a story, so that it can just be a story and not have to carry so much weight.
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A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.
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I feel like I have things to say. And that's what I'm looking forward to.
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The bottom line is that any business should be a meritocracy. The best and brightest. Period.
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I'm the sort of person who would be perfectly happy spending an entire day in a rare books room.
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I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life.
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It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.
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It takes time to love someone properly, and in this business, you get very wary of people.
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Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.
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I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.
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Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a foothold in the labor market, the record of eviction comes with consequences as well. It can bar you from getting good housing in a good neighborhood.
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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
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I do have a fundamental concern about us losing control of our own destiny, and this is not just about the euro. You can expand and extend it into the whole constitutional issue. The British people have been suckered with regard to how the whole currency and constitutional issues have been sold to them.
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What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings.
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If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.
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My career has been a slow burn, so waiting to do the Edinburgh Festival was a smart move. If I'd spent a month there 10-15 years ago, there's no way anyone was gonna remember me.
