Tom Lehrer Quotes

I wasn't really a performer by temperament.

Tom Lehrer

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A real love story is sometimes exhausting. A romance is deliberately constructed to yield a certain result; the ambiguities are trimmed out, so it's neater and more pleasing to our hearts. But you don't live a love story, you live a life.

Melissa Pritchard

LifeLoveLiveStoryResultYou

The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens.

Steve Albini

NeverBandOutOwnAgreementSign

The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.

Siobhan Fahey

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My first job was cleaning dog kennels. It was especially, ah, aromatic during those hot, humid Louisiana summers, but it prepared me for Hollywood.

Robert Crais

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Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Miguel de Icaza

PeopleDaysWordMostSomeUse

I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going around that he was getting married and all my friends and I were freaking out. Yeah, I think he's cute!

Miranda Cosgrove

CuteThinkFriendsRememberOutHe

When I'm writing, I'm never trying to teach anything - maybe I'm trying to illuminate.

Judy Blume

WritingTryingTeachNeverAnything

Politics is just show business for ugly people.

Jay Leno

BusinessPoliticsUglyPeopleJust

When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.

Jason Fried

PatienceTimeSleepPeopleShort

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

Jason Statham

LifeGoodMy LifeLessonBadActing

In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living.

Doug Aitken

ChangeDailyMirrorLookingSelf

The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.

Doug Baldwin

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