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The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
Linda Vester
Leadership
Me
Confidence
Women
Natural
World
Entitlement
School
Made
Entitled
Sense
Positions
Gave
Mental
Emotional
Allowed
Clear
Feel
Were
Very
Authority
Place
Us
Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.
Linda Vester
Life
Sometimes
Important
Relation
Direct
Stories
Whether
Your
Inherently
In my rational mind, I know... that is a very simplistic way of looking at it, but when there is violence of that kind, it challenges my faith. I still can't say that I totally understand why - why that is allowed to happen.
Linda Vester
Faith
Challenges
Mind
Looking
Way
Say
Kind
Totally
Rational
Allowed
Simplistic
Know
Understand
Still
Very
Happen
Why
Violence
I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.
Linda Vester
Myself
Me
Parents
Could
Support
Prove
Want
Wanted
Finally, I get to have houseplants and they stay alive.
Linda Vester
Finally
Alive
Stay
Get
But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice.
Linda Vester
Time
First
Own
Nice
Every
Seems
My Own
Small
Small Thing
Like
First Time
Bed
Years
Get
Done
Literally
Many
Thing
Every Night
Night
Sleep
I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.
Louis Prima
Long
Hair
Long Hair
Stuff
Because
Making
Playing
Violin
There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.
Louis Prima
People
World
Nothing
Out
Could
Like
Replace
Walking
Get
Turned
Watching
I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.
Lynn Samuels
Building
Neighbors
Avoid
Luckily
Two
It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.
Lynn Samuels
Technology
World
Edge
Something
Thrill
Something New
Exciting
New
Doing
Being
Biggest
Biggest Thrill
Cutting
Cutting Edge
Radio
I think there's nothing sadder than a pro athlete who plays past his prime.
Lynn Samuels
Past
Nothing
Think
Athlete
Prime
Sadder
His
Than
Pro
Pro Athlete
Who
Plays
People think they're getting objective information, but they're not. They're getting news wrapped up in opinion.
Lynn Samuels
News
People
Think
Wrapped
Objective
Opinion
Up
Getting
Information
When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.
Marc Maron
Young
Kid
Buddy
Vernon
Jackie
Loved
Young Kid
On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.
Marc Maron
Seen
Television
Some
Any
Endorsement
Product
Appearance
Level
There are also always those burnt, hard kernels at the bottom that don't pop. You know why they don't pop? They don't pop because they have integrity.
Marc Maron
You
Integrity
Those
Bottom
Know
Also
Because
Always
Burnt
Pop
Hard
Why
I'm not completely sure we aren't all living in a hallucination now.
Marc Maron
Living
Sure
Hallucination
Now
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.
Marc Maron
Relic
Morality
Induced
Cultural
Surveillance
Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?
Marc Maron
You
People
Those
See
Had
Look
Talking
Up
Train
Realize
Themselves
Moments
Ever
Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along.
Marc Maron
You
Business
Soul
Ego
Will
Devil
Few
Own
He
Performer
Along
Him
Knows
Because
Were
Just
Working
Your
Show
Show Business
Businesses
Agree
Actually
Portion
I didn't know that people compared Bill Hicks and I but certainly I'm flattered if they do. I knew Bill a bit. We had dinner a couple of times and played guitar together once. I really tried to keep my distance from him professionally.
Marc Maron
Together
People
Guitar
Dinner
Distance
Once
Bit
Tried
Had
Knew
Know
Couple
Him
Times
Flattered
Really
Bill
Certainly
Compared
Keep
Professionally
Played
The demand for standup in the eighties was created by how easy it was to exploit 'comedians' and create very cheap television programming.
Marc Maron
Programming
Television
Easy
Cheap
Demand
Comedians
How
Very
Eighties
Exploit
Create
Created
Standup
Hopefully standup will become special again.
Marc Maron
Will
Become
Hopefully
Again
Special
Standup
When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records.
Marc Maron
Older
Carlin
Bit
Martin
Records
Had
Steve
Steve Martin
George
George Carlin
Pryor
Richard
Richard Pryor
I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.
Marc Maron
Life
Me
Heart
Darkness
School
My Life
First
Live
Think
Changed
High
Seeing
High School
Put
Concert
Pryor
Movie
Really
As a performer you are being used to keep people watching so the commercial endorsements that support the network can be seen by as many people as possible.
Marc Maron
You
People
Seen
Possible
Network
Support
Performer
Commercial
Being
Used
Being Used
Many
Keep
Watching
Is it hard to make a living in show business? Yeah.
Marc Maron
Business
Living
Make
Yeah
Hard
Show
Show Business
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