"You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody."

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Source : "Tom Lehrer" by Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. May 24, 2000.

Tom Lehrer

#Offensive Quotes #Satirical Quotes

“I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]”
“The craziest thing I did to get a guy to notice me was going out with his best friend. It worked - he did notice me - but I don't recommend it.”
“You know why I love Chicago? Because this is just like Baltimore. Like, you can't go to Baltimore and be fake. They gonna point you right out, like, "Nah, you fake, go ahead outta here." They're going to chew you up and spit you out if you're fake. And if you come to Chicago, you can't be fake, in terms of the love and the concern. You gotta be real. Your good intentions - people want to feel that. We don't get enough of that.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.”
“When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.”
“We are given children to test us and make us more spiritual.”
“The music of the Gospel leads us home.”

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