"The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Shelley Berman

#Memorable Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Carnegie Quotes

“Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs - there was no attention given to preparation for this office.”
“When an apologist attempts to be autonomous in his reasoned argumentation he indicates that he considers God to be less certain than his own existence and that he places greater credence in his independent reasoning than in God's Word.”
“You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.”

Source : John Bingham, Jenny Hadfield (2003). “Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-Marathon or Marathon”, p.1, Rodale
“Montalbano and Valente seemed not to have heard him, looking as if their minds were elsewhere. But in fact they were paying very close attention, like cats that, keeping their eyes closed as if asleep, are actually counting the stars.”

Source : Andrea Camilleri (2010). “The Snack Thief”, p.125, Pan Macmillan
“He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by. He kept his boogers in his desk, he wore a neck tie.”

Source : Song: The Night That Kenny Died, Album: Slug Line
“The cannon thunders... limbs fly in all directions... one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice... it's Humanity in search of happiness.”
“The radio is just a stereo like a house ain't a home.”
“Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you.”

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