Bill Burr Quotes
You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I would like to encourage them to express themselves using music, art, film or whatever, and upload it to a website having been inspired by particular stories.
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I've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training.
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I'm greedy for work, and at times, I wish a month had more days, or the day had more number of hours, so that I could work more. I'm happy to be busy.
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There is something about raising a child that helps to sharpen one’s sense of what is real.
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Your art is the Holy Ghost blowing through your soul.
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Pour tromper un rival l'artifice est permis; on peut tout employer contres ses ennemis.
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It is amusing to hear the modern Christian telling you how mild and rationalistic Christianity really is and ignoring the fact that all its mildness and rationalism is due to the teaching of men who in their own day were persecuted by all orthodox Christians.
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There's something so delicious about holding onto a secret; it's something just for you.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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Playing with friends is a victory.
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Americans will respect your beliefs if you just keep them private.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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I never want to feel more than the viewers. I'm not trying to be an automaton. It's like when you see people laughing on camera, and you don't find it funny as a viewer - it's an offputting experience.
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You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.
