Harvey Pekar Quotes

Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there's a lot of stuff that's left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that's still world class.

Harvey Pekar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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'Magic' is a word that's too often misused in the record industry.

Jimmy Iovine

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After I quote unquote came out as a Republican, one of my dearest gay friends said to me, 'You've got to go on a T.V. show and tell everyone you like gay people.' I was like, 'Why?' He was like, 'Because you're a Republican.' I was like, 'I'm sorry who's stereotyping who?'

Angie Harmon

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My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'

Michael Ian Black

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When I was in college, I really liked poetry. I don't read much anymore.

Steve Martin

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When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.

Tommy Lasorda

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I think we were probably playing live for about 12 months before we got a recording deal.

Roy Wood

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Liberalism has consequences. It has never worked, folks! It has never worked. And it has never fulfilled its promise.

Rush Limbaugh

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If I wear make-up, then people recognise me, but the rest of the time, no one really bothers.

Michelle Ryan

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In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in Christmas, and I would go off and wander in the streets of Melbourne.

Michael Leunig

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Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.

Donna Shalala

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The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Dean Acheson

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Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't.

Courtney A. Kemp

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