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When I first started out, 'Time' magazine did an article on what it called 'the sick comics,' and they were myself, Shelley Berman, Nichols & May, Jonathan Winters, Lenny Bruce, and Mort Sahl. We were considered 'sick.'

~Bob Newhart

Topics: Article Bruce Comics Considered Did First Jonathan Lenny Magazine May Myself Out Sick Started Time Were Winters

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Bruce Springsteen's world is where everybody did these terrible jobs, if they had jobs at all, and he wanted something better.

~Bobbie Ann Mason

Topics: Better Bruce Did Everybody Had He Jobs Something Springsteen Terrible Wanted Where World

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Superficial pop will always exist - there've always been Fabians - but when people like Dire Straits and Bruce Hornsby start having hits, it suggests that there's a revolution going on in music.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Always Been Bruce Dire Exist Going Having Hits Like Music People Pop Revolution Start Superficial Will

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A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: Better Bruce Bruce Springsteen Corny Done Great Jackson Like Lot Me Music Newman Nothing Pedantic Political Randy Rather Right Satire Springsteen

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You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I have to go as far as I can with it.

~Brandon Flowers

Topics: As Far As Bruce Bruce Springsteen Far Go Job Music Same Save Save The World Springsteen Try World You I Can

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I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.

~Brandon Lee

Topics: Bruce Bruce Lee Lee Remembered Son Want

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I was raised on Bruce Lee.

~Bridget Fonda

Topics: Bruce Bruce Lee Lee Raised I Was Raised

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My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that I suffered from the same condition. It's the incurable desire to tell, shape, share, occasionally exaggerate, often elongate, and inevitably bungle a good story.

~Bruce Feiler

Topics: Bruce Condition Describe Desire Exaggerate First Good Good Story Heard Incurable Inevitably Instantly Isaac Knew Name Occasionally Often Same Shape Share Story Suffered Tell Used Word

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Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though; it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it.

~Bruce Forsyth

Topics: Bruce Call Come Every Great Honour Lots Make Making Matter Me Never Now People Point Proud Question Sir Though Up Very

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One of the defense mechanisms I have for the difficulties in the business, one of which is rejection, is that if I do the work, I go in, and I'm prepared and I audition and they don't hire me, I'm always just amazed, thinking, 'Wow! For that money, they could've had Bruce McGill, and they didn't take me? I just think that's amazing.'

~Bruce Mcgill

Topics: Always Amazed Amazing Audition Bruce Business Defense Difficulties Go Had Hire Just Me Mechanisms Money Prepared Rejection Take Think Thinking Which Work Wow

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