Dirty Quotes - Page 38

• A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

  George Orwell

  Humor, Wish, Serious

  "The Art of Donald McGill" (1941)

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• More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.

  Sophocles

  Men, Profit, Doom

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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• If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at that." In England you just say "Oh, is that so?" Or "That's rather an unusual story, isn't it?

  George Mikes

  Liars, Stories, England

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• Los Angeles is a city known as much for its sun as for its stars and its dirty air.

  Ed Begley, Jr.

  Stars, Air, Cities

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

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• All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure of accidents, but an unbearable ordeal every day, which can be made tolerable only by mockery in one form or another.

  William Saroyan

  People, Comedian, Unbearable

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• With your votes you are working for your future. It is not a holiday; it is the most serious day of work since you were born. Better to come in clothing dirty from work than with your soul filthy from having sold your right to justice.

  Luis Munoz Marin

  Holiday, Justice, Soul

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• Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can't hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke.

  Paul Fussell

  Writing, People, Tables

  Paul Fussell (1991). “Bad Or, the Dumbing of America”, Pocket Books

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• It will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.

  Robert Kennedy

  Ideas, Politics, Helping

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• A dirty word in the film business right now is intelligence.

  David Caruso

  Film, Dirty Words, Right Now

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I had some jokes that were dirty. And some of it is when I started making appearances on Conan and Letterman back in the late '90s, I think. You had to remove the curse words, or you couldn't do some of the more explicit jokes.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Thinking, Conan, Appearance

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• Most people in America don't believe that "God" is a dirty word, but the sad fact is that some Americans are left to wonder whether the Supreme Court might have greater regard for it if it was.

  John Cornyn

  Believe, America, People

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• You know, being in a rock band, you can't overdo the costume changes too much because everyone thinks, oh, that's not a real rock band. Look how many times he changes costumes. That's not rock. Rock's about going on in a T-shirt and staying in it and getting it all dirty. But that's not really my approach.

  Mick Jagger

  Real, Thinking, Rocks

  "Mick Jagger On The Apocalyptic 'Gimme Shelter'". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish and Melissa Block, www.npr.org. November 16, 2012.

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• I don't want to jump the gun. I don't want to talk about that. There's a lot of dirty pool played at the election, meaning the election is rigged.

  Donald Trump

  Gun, Want, Election

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Even in the civil rights movement, there were so many unbelievable women. They never, ever received the credit that they should have received. They did all of the, and I cannot say it, they did all of the dirty work. Hard work.

  John Lewis

  Hard Work, Should Have, Rights

  "The Long March of John Lewis". Interview with Jamil Smith, www.mtv.com. August 5, 2016.

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• Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a fundamental shift away from dirty fossil fuels that spew carbon pollution. To make that happen, we need to put pressure on our leaders to take the bold actions necessary to move us off dirty sources of energy.

  Al Gore

  Moving, Cities, Car

  "Al Gore | The Most Important Truth. The Power of Your Own Voice". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There are are some dirty, greedy people out there, and unfortunately I know some.

  Richard Patrick

  People, Greedy, Knows

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• I'm sure in less than 10 years there will be several streaming services or whatever you want to call them that are dedicated to retro television, like rare retro television, and maybe we'll end up doing something with that. Maybe Gigi will find popularity there, because it was fun, it was kitschy and very stupid and very dirty. But it had heart. I hope people will watch it one day.

  David Krumholtz

  Fun, Stupid, Heart

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Unfortunately, the small comedies I've done have hardly seen the light of day, which is kinda sad. Dirty Girl was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad it got picked up in Toronto. People really liked it!

  Milla Jovovich

  Girl, Fun, Light

  Interview with AVC, film.avclub.com. October 8, 2010.

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• As much as I enjoy doing Resident Evil - and I'm so grateful that this movie, fourth in the franchise, has done better than any of the ones before - the fact that I can get movies made that I wanna make...it gives me the opportunity to do things like Dirty Girl.

  Milla Jovovich

  Girl, Grateful, Opportunity

  Interview with AVC, film.avclub.com. October 8, 2010.

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• I think if we can't use the word feminist, if it's some kind of taboo or dirty word, or means you're ugly, or you're angry, or you're not dateable [laughs], then you've just reduced the language by a whole concept.

  Ani DiFranco

  Mean, Thinking, Laughing

  "Interview: Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Interview by Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.

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• People will go to clean theaters; they don't like to go to dirty theaters.

  Oliver Stone

  People, Clean, Theater

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Come here and take off your clothes and with them every single worry you have ever carried. My fingertips on your back will be the last thing you will feel before sleeping and the sound of my smile will be the alarm clock to you morning ears. Come here and take off your clothes and with them the weight of every yesterday that snuck atop your shoulders and declared them home. My whispers will be the soundtrack to your secret dreams and my hand the anchor to the life you will open your eyes to. Come here and take off your clothes.

  Tyler Knott Gregson

  Dream, Morning, Sex

  Tyler Knott Gregson (2015). “Chasers of the Light”, p.15, Penguin UK

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• My peers at the time: you know, young black kids from off the streets of Harlem, having these conversations with me in my small, dirty little studio up in Harlem.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Kids, Black, Peers

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner.

  Ava DuVernay

  Baby, Reading, Dancing

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• [Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.

  Junot Diaz

  Country, America, People

  "Junot Díaz is staying put". Interview with Marcela García, www.bostonglobe.com. April 6, 2016.

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