Bo Burnham Quotes
This next piece is called 'Sonnet 155', or 'If Shakespeare Had Written a Porn', and it goes like this:
Quotes to Explore
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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It's impossible that we're alone in the universe. Every time we think we're more special than others, we're proven wrong.
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One of the criteria for a global company is that it should have a manufacturing presence in multiple countries and should not only be an exporter.
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It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.
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Ancient, woman-centered words and beliefs never, like, fall off the planet. Having long done taken on a life of their own, they - like womankind - evolve, and survive. Chameleon style.
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What Alvin figured out was that when you’re Making, you don’t use people like tools. You don’t wear them out to achieve your purpose. You wear yourself out helping them achieve theirs. You wear yourself out teaching and guiding, persuading and listening to advice and letting folks persuade you, when it happens they’re right.
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And as for Gussie Fink-Nottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming him on sight.
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'(Songwriting) It's a gift. It all comes from somewhere. I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience.'
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I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.
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The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.
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When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.
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When I was young and didn't have money, I liked gambling because winning and losing was fun for the rush of it. The amount of money that I would have to put down now to get that rush, there is no f'ing way I'm going to do it. It's just stupid. I would rather get that rush some other way.
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The Kitchen's mission is to strengthen communities by bringing local, real food to everyone.
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When we give ourselves over completely to the spirit of the dance, it becomes a prayer
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This next piece is called 'Sonnet 155', or 'If Shakespeare Had Written a Porn', and it goes like this:
