Tom Lehrer Quotes

Eddie Izzard is wonderful, I think, but I've only seen that one HBO special he did. He's one of the few people who talk about stuff other than girlfriends and relationships and flatulence and genitalia. There are very few of them who actually talk about real stuff.

Tom Lehrer

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PeopleThinkRelationshipsTalkReal

Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?

Andrew Shue

DeathBrotherPeopleLossYouYoung

Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.

John Ortberg

WorkLearningSoulWorldYouDown

When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.

Jeaniene Frost

WritingLegendDoneTouchStarted

I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.

Mike Scully

FunRememberFirstOriginalSawHow

It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.

Mike Farrell

WarUpAdministrationInappropriate

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

Johnny Depp

LifeHonestyTimeLongLong Time

I love feeling exhausted after a good, hard, honest day's work.

Christina Tosi

WorkLoveGoodDayFeelingHard

You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to go as far as I can with it.

Brandon Flowers

MusicJobWorldYouI CanGo

It's important that I'm a role model and that the companies that I associate myself with feel the same way about their own images. Those are companies I'd like to be associated with.

Tim Howard

MyselfFeelRole ModelImportantWay

You would never argue about a straight girl playing a lesbian. Everybody still watched 'The L Word.' I feel like we have such great role models, like Jane Lynch and Jodie Foster and all these people that you don't even think about.

Kirsten Vangsness

GirlGreatPeopleThinkFeelYou

I started putting together long-form projects, say, 22 minutes for a sitcom and 42 minutes or something like that for an hour-long show. I didn't feel like it was groundbreaking, nor would anyone think it was groundbreaking now, but at the time, people reacted like it was.

Justine Bateman

TimeTogetherPeopleThinkFeelSay

What makes our country unique is its commitment to being open, to making its leaders accountable.

Janet Reno

CommitmentUniqueCountryOpenBeing

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