It's the suppression of the word tha... by Lenny Bruce | We Heart Quotes

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It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness.

- Lenny Bruce

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Alright, let's admit it, we Jews killed Christ – but it was only for three days.

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The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it. Try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.

- Lenny Bruce

I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

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God

I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

- Lenny Bruce

If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish.

- Lenny Bruce

I don't read enough books, so I guess I'm pretty shallow. I'm a lot into the physical. With me, first attraction is never intellectual.

- Lenny Bruce

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