Harry Shearer Quotes

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.

Harry Shearer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 23, 1943

Topics

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I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it.

Jim Carrey

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I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

Jeremy Lin

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I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

John Green

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I think Hillary Clinton is going to do very well in New York, because there's one basic advantage. New Yorkers know Hillary Clinton. She was here for senator. We've seen her work. We've seen her performance.

Andrew Cuomo

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I lived on a farm in Illinois, and we didn't have a lot of money. But I lived vicariously through magazines. I was obsessed with Jean Paul Gaultier. I still have the scrapbooks, and I've kept all my designs and sketches.

Melissa McCarthy

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I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.

Mekhi Phifer

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Washington is a very complicated city. You have to work the personal relationships. They are politicians, they are congressmen, they are senators, but they are human beings. And for them to get to know you on a personal level really, really makes the difference.

Anibal Acevedo Vila

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When I'd watch myself coaching, I'd say, 'Man, I look bad,' but I never felt I didn't have a sense of humor with the team. Maybe I was too over-the-top serious.

Jeff Van Gundy

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Being female was just one more way I felt different and weird. I was also a young 'un, and also my cartoons were not like typical 'New Yorker' cartoons.

Roz Chast

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The idea of education has been so tied to schools, universities, and professors that many assume there is no other way, but education is available to anyone within reach of a library, a post office, or even a newsstand.

Louis L'Amour

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There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters.

Dennis Haysbert

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A frisky spirit makes my trombone sing.

Chris Barber

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