Lea DeLaria quotes
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“My mother said to me, 'Why do you have to call yourself a dyke? Why can't you be a nice lesbian?' 'Because I'm not a nice lesbian, I'm a big dyke.'”
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“It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me.”
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“A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.”
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“As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.”
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“My idea as far as comedy goes has always been to push the limits of what's acceptable for a woman to do or say or be. My hero in that would be Lenny Bruce, who teaches us that words have no meaning. It's the intent behind them that is what's important.”
-- Lea DeLariaSource : "You & A Guest". Live chat, www.breakupgirl.net. July 15, 1999.
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“Because I'm not a nice lesbian, I'm a big dyke!”
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“No one has the responsibility to be out to anyone but himself or herself. I made my choice a million years ago.”
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“It's not that I don't like penises. I just don't like them on men.”
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“Learn all the rules... then break them.”
-- Lea DeLariaSource : "Lea's Book of Rules for the World". Book by Lea DeLaria, 2000.
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“Never point at anything beige and call it cool.”
-- Lea DeLariaSource : "Lea's Book of Rules for the World". Book by Lea DeLaria, 2000.
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“Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.”
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“What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.”
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“They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!”
-- Lea DeLariaSource : "Box Lunch". Comedy album by Lea DeLaria, May 5, 1997.
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