When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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I’m working my way toward divinity.
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It’s brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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it will cleanse itself, and new life forms, maybe better ones, will come. Meanwhile, we’ll have gotten exactly what we deserved: annihilation.
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