Harvey Pekar Quotes

I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not.

Harvey Pekar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010

Topics

HistoryPeopleBackGoOverOut

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.

Jock Sturges

WorkPeopleDoingThingsDifferent

My wife and I will often have conversations about 'Good Times' and 'The Jeffersons' and 'Sanford and Son.' They were doing incredible stuff that was very funny but also very socially conscious.

Sterling K. Brown

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The drums were new to me; I was just playing what was in my head. I was a guitar player originally - so on the drums, I just played what was in my head rather than caring too much about what others were playing. And in that way, I came up with a simple but unique style.

Tommy Ramone

StyleSimpleCaringMeGuitarNew

I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation.

Robert Baldwin Ross

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I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

Rory Kennedy

ChangeLadyRole ModelFirstImprove

I'm very curious about the world, foreign cultures.

Rosemary Mahoney

CuriousWorldCulturesForeignVery

One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in the learning process. We all have our strengths, our weaknesses, our styles of learning, our personalities. Developing introspective sensitivity to these issues is critical to long-term success.

Joshua Waitzkin

LearningSuccessTrainingHelpFind

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

Joni Mitchell

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Countries like Japan do not have to change their cultures to address their educational shortcomings; they simply have to adjust their policies and practices.

Jose Angel Gurria

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The left has lost the common touch.

Christopher Lasch

LostTouchLeftCommon

I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.

Allison Janney

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I hate when there's a deleted scene on a DVD with no explanation, or you have to go out of your way to find an alternate audio track.

Peyton Reed

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