Lewis Black
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ANEURIN BARNARD My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mu... TIM MURPHY My father worked in high-energy nuclear physics, and my mother was a mycologist and a geneticist. Af... CAROL W. GREIDER DONALD TRUMP My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still us... CHUCK CLOSE HAROLD EVANS My father was a member of the Teamsters Union in California, where he helped to organize better heal... HILDA SOLIS AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS JON KABAT-ZINN JENN PROSKE YAYA DACOSTA LES DAWSON My father, born in Colorado, met my mother, born in Switzerland, when he went into the finance compa... SUSAN STRAIGHT JESSICA VALENTI Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together,... CAROLINE CORR My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where ... ALISON BECHDEL My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they ha... VERONICA WEBB My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My f... VERUSCHKA VON LEHNDORFF SIMON VAN DER MEER I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pen... JEFF KINNEY My eyes were closed, they're open now DAMIEN RICE J. G. BALLARD HUGO CHAVEZ HELEN REDDY I don't remember my parents together, ever: my father was much older, and really only interested... PAULA YATES SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR Mike came up the driveway screaming, 'My mother and father are dead, my mother and father are dead.'... DREW OUTHOUSE My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a br... JENNIFER GILMORE My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my ... JULIAN FELLOWES JOHNNY CASH She was a strong, independent woman. She was intellectual, capable, industrious and hard-working. My... BARBARA JUDD GEORGE WILL World War II was the last government program that really worked. GEORGE F. WILL NATASHA TRETHEWEY My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when... AGNES SMEDLEY My father was a miner and he worked down a mine. KEVIN KEEGAN I was a quiet, nerdy kid living in the Bronx. I spent most of my teens in my room, taking apart elec... GRANDMASTER FLASH In my first years here, we had kids who couldn't catch the ball. But they really worked at it. Last ... JOE LUSARDI QUINCY JONES JOHNNY CASH I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only... RAE CARSON I know a lot of parents of kid actors I've worked with have pressured them into acting, but my p... EMILY BROWNING EVANDER HOLYFIELD I was born five days before D-Day in 1944. My father was a mechanical engineer, which was a reserved... ROBERT POWELL My mother only worked, and when she retired, she had a nervous breakdown. BETTY LUCARELLI My father was an alcoholic. My mother was gone. She's the only mother I ever knew. CHARLES PLANCON BILL DE BLASIO DAVID BOWIE AL FRANKEN ANDREA JUNG My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is ... LAURA BENANTI My mother worked for a white family that lived in one of the mansions on the beach. The husband in t... JESMYN WARD My father was the president of the Hearst Corporation, and my parents were close friends of the Duke... BRIGID BERLIN Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had ... SAFFRON ALDRIDGE What motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her l... 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RYBAK They didn't really say much, but they did tell us if we worked on our ACT and GPA, we might be able ... LOREN SMITH CHRIS CHRISTIE JERRY REINSDORF ANNALYNNE MCCORD My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the ti... PAUL ROBESON GARRY KASPAROV TINA TURNER I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Arg... J. D. PARDO
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Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really ki... LEWIS BLACK What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things thro... LEWIS BLACK Being a playwright is like the equivalent of doing a jigsaw puzzle that has 1,500 pieces, and it'... LEWIS BLACK What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you... LEWIS BLACK Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in th... LEWIS BLACK A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up a... LEWIS BLACK Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. Go... LEWIS BLACK In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kenned... LEWIS BLACK I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane b... LEWIS BLACK When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. Yo... LEWIS BLACK I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that c... LEWIS BLACK If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare. LEWIS BLACK When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip. LEWIS BLACK I don't know if you've noticed, but our two-party system is a bowl of shit looking at itself in the ... LEWIS BLACK All food is comfort food. Maybe I just like to chew. LEWIS BLACK If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing ... LEWIS BLACK If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached ... LEWIS BLACK The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn i... LEWIS BLACK It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursui... LEWIS BLACK I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. LEWIS BLACK Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible; it's like having a ho... LEWIS BLACK You can never put too much pork in your mouth as far as I'm concerned. LEWIS BLACK I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and th... LEWIS BLACK Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas. LEWIS BLACK People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single. LEWIS BLACK One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'... LEWIS BLACK For a while, I thought the great disappointment of my life was that I don't have a family of my ... LEWIS BLACK That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset some... LEWIS BLACK Do you know what 'meteorologist' means in English? It means liar. LEWIS BLACK You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sente... LEWIS BLACK When it comes to idiots, America's got more than its fair share. If idiots were energy, it would... LEWIS BLACK Democrats should be focused on which way we can help the most people in this country, and Republican... LEWIS BLACK If you're going to vote for somebody because you think they have a great faith in God, you'd... LEWIS BLACK And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that c... LEWIS BLACK What I find most disturbing about Valentine's Day is, look, I get that you have to have a holida... LEWIS BLACK When you're fund-raising for schools, then something's wrong. We seem to have lost some sort... LEWIS BLACK In Vegas, you have an audience you can't find anywhere else. It's from all over the country.... LEWIS BLACK There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice. LEWIS BLACK I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed t... LEWIS BLACK Jerry Falwell said that the reason that September 11th happened, the reason that God allowed it to h... LEWIS BLACK One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension ... LEWIS BLACK If you yell about one woman, you're not a misogynist. If I yell about Michelle Bachman, that doe... LEWIS BLACK I had more material on weather than anyone else, I guess, ... back when I was traveling a lot [on th... LEWIS BLACK When from behind me, a young woman of 25 uttered the following, it was the dumbest thing I have ever... LEWIS BLACK If you listen to a song and get an image in your head, and then you go home and watch mtv and the im... LEWIS BLACK I'm a happy person but an angry citizen. LEWIS BLACK Harry Reid is not funny; he's creepy. Nancy Pelosi is creepy. Charles Schumer is sneaky and cree... LEWIS BLACK I'm going to make my transition to weatherman soon, LEWIS BLACK In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al ... LEWIS BLACK It took forever for me to get work because I was a political comic, and now it's become good bus... LEWIS BLACK If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islan... LEWIS BLACK They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen... LEWIS BLACK Who knew that the devil had a factory where he made millions of fossils, which his minions distribut... LEWIS BLACK These ballot initiatives remind us that America is the land where people are free to dream whatever ... LEWIS BLACK And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to yea' - but I flunked that co... LEWIS BLACK Why would you hire MTV to do music? MTV has nothing to do with music, ok? MTV is to music as KFC is ... LEWIS BLACK If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a po... LEWIS BLACK There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice. LEWIS BLACK “It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, w... LEWIS BLACK If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islan... LEWIS BLACK Fantasy football is out of control, LEWIS BLACK If you want to elect Bush, that's the prick that I'm gonna yell about. If you want to elect John Ker... LEWIS BLACK I'm just so looking forward to seeing Dick Cheney because it's like the sighting of a rare white elk... LEWIS BLACK Now I must leave you as you enter the world that is Fuck. You are fucking lucky to be here. It's alm... LEWIS BLACK As psychotic as it gets outside, the comic can be more psychotic. LEWIS BLACK Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hook... LEWIS BLACK I continue to work on plays, but I've always felt that you could put a note in a bottle and send... LEWIS BLACK It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, ... LEWIS BLACK I would like to play Pebble Beach at some point. I keep waiting for them to call and ask me to that ... LEWIS BLACK Basically, I started on stage yelling and I kept yelling, and then I yelled some more, and then I ye... LEWIS BLACK This is how sad my life is: I got a scar from scratching my chicken pox too much. That's my big ... LEWIS BLACK A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a bill... LEWIS BLACK What I've found in my career is that 70 to 75 percent of comics are nice and have some sense of ... LEWIS BLACK Democrats are like a big tortoise that's on its back and can't get up; you can't make jo... LEWIS BLACK No matter what, your parents are going to worry about you. I had a tour bus, and my mother still tho... LEWIS BLACK We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe. LEWIS BLACK Just relax and breathe through your ass. LEWIS BLACK It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, we�... LEWIS BLACK Its absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, weve got rockets, we... LEWIS BLACK I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk ... 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ALAN BLACK We rebounded really well and rebounding is the key if you are going to run, ALAN BLACK He made me the man I am today: proud of being Scottish, proud to be the fixer, proud to save the cap... ALAN BLACK Just because Scotty never got the girl, it did not mean he couldn't get a girlfriend, ... He was jus... ALAN BLACK This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on. ALAN BLACK He is up there with the greatest the competition has seen. He is all over people with great foot spe... ALAN BLACK He was a little down afterwards, ALAN BLACK It was a very tough region, very tough competition and a very good golf course. ALAN BLACK This is great, this is a step in the right direction, but as we all know in every other sport, distr... ALAN BLACK It feels real good to see the kids do what they've done this season. They went undefeated (11-0 in t... ALAN BLACK REBECCA BLACK HOLLY BLACK The real enemy" is the totality of physical and mental constraints by which capital, or class societ... BOB BLACK You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stu... BOB BLACK BLACK ELK If you're going to exude naivete, you can't really... walk out there like it's a Sting s... FRANK BLACK BLACK ELK I read French much better than I speak. CARA BLACK One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to ... CARA BLACK Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things. CARA BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HUGO BLACK DIANA BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco! 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BILL BLACK If you had a one person, one vote situation and if a Metro candidate was to win, there's a real risk... BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho... BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho... BILL BLACK A special session may be premature, ... Do we have enough votes to do some of this? Is the governor ... BILL BLACK They need to perform at a higher level than their competitors. They need to solidify and diversify t... BILL BLACK Five years ago, he would have sold in a minute. Now selling is just one option. BILL BLACK CILLA BLACK It's likely these new-to-wireless people might be lower income, and pre-paid might actually be perfe... ANDREW BLACK There's an awful lot of people that still haven't gotten into the category and we ask ourselves the ... ANDREW BLACK There was a lot of really useful stuff here. I'm planning on coming back next year. ANDREW BLACK It appears that due to the sound and the noise, (the co-pilot) was unable to understand what the pas... ANDREW BLACK We've ruled out foul play on behalf of any of the passengers. We're looking at it strictly as a poss... ANDREW BLACK It's been slightly busier, and it was busy yesterday but nothing exceptional. ANDREW BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK HOLLY BLACK Curiosity could be almost as powerful as desire. SHAYLA BLACK I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and th... BLACK KETTLE HOLLY BLACK BLACK ELK HOLLY BLACK No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take,... LUCAS BLACK Because they could not determine when they were going to be clear to land, it made no sense to conti... ANTHONY BLACK
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