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I'm somebody who can absorb a lot.

Sandra Bernhard

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Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Comedian
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Flint
Michigan
Absorb
Somebody

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I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
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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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Lots of people think that bisexual means cowardly lesbian.
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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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Kids need to be educated about sex and sexuality and if they're going to have sex, learn how to protect themselves and not get pregnant.
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I don't like going back and listening to myself. It makes me uncomfortable, and I know I can never emulate what I did that night, so why listen to it?
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I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.
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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 hate to judge everybody across the board.
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I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, What do you want to be when you grow up? I said, A comedian. And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.
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I definitely want to be with somebody who doesn't feel lost or in my shadow.
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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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I can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.
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The live show is different from the album. It's different every night depending on where I am and how many months have gone by since I last performed.
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I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.
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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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... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are so many interesting songwriters out there, and it's such a crazy business and so many people are trying to do it, and it's all right there in Nashville.
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In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.
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You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
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