"A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon." — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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This quote is filed under Burlesque Quotes, one of 21 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of… — Christina Aguilera
• There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
• There is ever a slight suspicion of the burlesque about earnest good men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from… — Mickey Rooney
• It just seemed fitting to have our own lounge with our own dance review that paid homage to where The… — Nicole Scherzinger
• The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque… — Pedro Almodovar
• Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles… — Azar Nafisi
• Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something… — Johnny Carson
• The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by… — I F Stone
• Auctions are bizarre combinations of slave market, trading floor, theatre and burlesque... a lot of people are going to be… — Jerry Saltz
• I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part… — Carmen Electra
• The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque… — Dawn Powell

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