"I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy."

-- Mike Birbiglia

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“You get respect in society if you are aggressive. If you fight then people respect you. If you fight back, people like you for that as well. When Ive been beaten up, if Ive been in a pub doing nothing wrong, the fact I chose not to fight back, that I would never throw a punch back, people say Im weak. I dont think thats a weak thing at all. I think why should I descend to their level? If Ive done nothing wrong, throwing a punch back makes me as bad and corrupt as them. As evil as them, as stupid as them.”
“Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer.”
“Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.”
“I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.”
“I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.”
“Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.”
“I just wonder what has been the effect on the human soul of nearly a century in which we have regarded sex on screen as generally better than the sex we actually have, the sex which is, in fact, much better than anything we have seen in the movies, becuase it's sex, after all, and in the movies, it isn't.”
“Some people thought that if you put pressure on kids, parents, and teachers and schools, the pressure alone would produce results. It appealed to people who think the quick fix for education is to threaten people. It's not a left-right division.”

Source : "Q&A: Deborah Meier". Interview with Gary Moskowitz, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2008.

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