Bill Burr Quotes
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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I think I need security.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
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As America's nuclear strategic monopoly faded, the United States sought to create advantages elsewhere, notably in the peaceful cooperation between the United States and communist China under Deng Xiaoping.
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A lot of my family are redheads, but I'm a dark blonde.
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The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry as a solution to it. They oppose the European Union, but support joining North American Free Trade Agreement, despite its obvious failure.
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I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.
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The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.
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You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.
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We should become angels and not devils, that’s why we have been created and born into the world. Therefore be and stick to what God has chosen you for.
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People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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I know that the last thing a book wants is to just sit around unread, serving as an element of interior decorating. So when I have people over, all they have to do is glance at my books, and I implore them to take a few home with them. If I am really ambitious, I pack books into boxes and donate them to prisons.
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I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
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I'm not easy to live with. My wife is a saint.
