Frases de Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce , nascido Leonard Alfred Schneider, foi um famoso comediante norte-americano nos anos 1950s e 1960s. Seu julgamento e condenação por obscenidade em 1964 levou o Estado de Nova Iorque conceder o primeiro perdão póstumo da história. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. Outubro 1925 – 3. Agosto 1966
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Lenny Bruce: 27   citações 10   Curtidas

Lenny Bruce Frases famosas

“Nos Átrios de Justiça, a justiça só existe nos átrios”

In the Halls of Justice, the only justice is in the halls
Fonte: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm

“Maconha será legalizada algum dia, porque muitos estudantes de direito que agora fumam poderão algum dia se tornar Congressistas e legalizá-la, a fim de proteger-se.”

Marijuana will be legal some day, because the many law students who now smoke pot will someday become Congressmen and legalize it in order to protect themselves.
"How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography"; página 129; Por Lenny Bruce; Colaborador Eric Bogosian; Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1992; ISBN 0671751085, 9780671751081; 208 páginas

“A vida é uma palavra de quatro letras”

Life is a four-letter word
Fonte: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm

“O papel de um comediante é fazer a platéia rir, no mínimo uma vez a cada quinze segundos.”

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
Fonte: referido por Paul Krassner, em "Lenny Bruce: Swear to tell the truth", 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175844/

“Minha sogra destruiu meu casamento. Minha mulher voltou para casa mais cedo e me pegou na cama com ela.”

My mother-in-law broke up my marriage. One day my wife came home early from work and found us in bed together.
"How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography"; página 92; Por Lenny Bruce; colaborador Eric Bogosian; Publicado por Simon & Schuster, 1992; ISBN 0671751085, 9780671751081; 208 páginas

Lenny Bruce: Frases em inglês

“Clean to you, schmuck, but dirty to the Latins!”

Contexto: You can't put tits and ass on the marquee!... Why not?... Because it's dirty and vulgar, that's why not!... Titties are dirty and vulgar?... Okay, we'll compromise. How about Latin? Gluteus maximus, pectoralis majors nightly... That's alright, that's clean, class with ass, I'll buy it... Clean to you, schmuck, but dirty to the Latins!

“Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.”

Variante: Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

“I want to perform an unnatural act.
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Lenny as the Lone Ranger, in Thank You Mask Man' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121802/

“I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.”

Lenny Bruce livro How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

Fonte: How to Talk Dirty and Influence People

“Let me tell you the truth. The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago.”

as quoted by Paul Krassner in Lenny Bruce: Swear to tell the truth 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175844/

“If I get busted in New York, the freest city in the world, that will be the end of my career.”

Lenny Bruce http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3345229.stm

“Life is a four-letter word.”

Lenny Brucehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm

“The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.”

referred to by Paul Krassner in Lenny Bruce: Swear to tell the truth 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175844/

“I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.”

as quoted by Paul Krassner in Lenny Bruce: Swear to tell the truth 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175844/

“In the Halls of Justice, the only justice is in the halls.”

Lenny Brucehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5241370.stm