Art Buchwald Quotes
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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A person can't have everything in this world; and it was a little unreasonable of her to expect it.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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My heroes were always Looney Toons, Robin Williams, the Three Stooges. I think everything I do is kinda funny. I think I'm sort of ridiculous.
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I just want to work with the big people and the people who make great music.
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I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
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But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff that’s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for polite persons of mild temperament within government-policed parameters, it isn’t free at all. So screw that.
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I just bought a house myself and went through some issues. I thought this would be educational.
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Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.
