Quote by Tom Lehrer
My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was

My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But thats just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. – Tom Lehrer

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It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. – Tom Lehrer

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Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. – Tom Lehrer

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When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex. – Tom Lehrer

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The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, youre actually helping to make America stronger. – Michelle Obama

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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. – William Blake

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I play- its kind of like a slice-of-life, LA women in their forties, playing forty kind of whats their friendship like, and whats their life like and so I just play one of the four friends. – Joan Cusack

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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