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The people who were in college in the '50s were my first real audience, and their kids, the people who found my records in the cabinet during their 'Mad 'magazine years picked me up also.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: college, real, people, me

Other Quotes by "Tom Lehrer"

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your thumbs.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: just, like, your, you
I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: about, problem, want, song
Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: get, like, you, life
You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: offensive, somebody, you
The Army has carried the American ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.
— Tom Lehrer
Tags: color, only, discrimination, army
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