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I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

Sandra Bernhard

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Comedian
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
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Flint
Michigan
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When I was really little, I was skinny and people laughed at me for being skinny, so, we all pay our dues for the bodies we're in one way or another. But thank god I haven't needed to alter it to feel good about myself.
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I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.
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I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.
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Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change.
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I think people are a little bit intimidated by me. You know, I'm not exactly a wilting flower, so I think they're a little bit scared of me sometimes.
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It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness.
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At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.
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A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.
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I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.
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I was really going through a transition in my life. I was tired of feeling victimized by my career.
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I always have kind of underneath feeling of peace of mind that I get from just the basic tenants of spirituality.
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They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.
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Gay pride's beautiful. If somebody needs to be expressing that, then it's a positive thing.
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Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.
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At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.
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Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.
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I think everybody is covering their [posteriors] with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the fact that they should never have been in the White House in the first place. What happened in the election was completely corrupt.
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I think there are always different times in your life when you go, Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier. But then you get through that, and you go, Well, I'm not.
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