Quotes with desperation

  • Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a family do out of desperation.

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  • Henry David Thoreau What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Doug Horton Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • William S. Burroughs Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Carrie P. Meek If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.
    Carrie P. Meek
    American politician (1926 - )
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  • Tony Robbins In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
    Tony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Willem De Kooning My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.
    Willem De Kooning
    Dutch-American painter (1904 - 1997)
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  • Bob Saget Now people want what the movie was about, which is violent comedy. And that's really what The Aristocrats is based on - what will a family do out of desperation.
    Bob Saget
    American stand-up comedian, actor, television host and director (1956 - 2022)
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  • Jean Baudrillard The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Billy Ray Cyrus The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.
    Billy Ray Cyrus
    American singer-songwriter and actor (1961 - )
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  • Anthony Burgess We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.
    Anthony Burgess
    British writer, criticus (1917 - 1993)
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  • Jim Rohn We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Amy Tan Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.
    Amy Tan
    American author (1952 - )
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