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Tom Lehrer

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Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.


— Tom Lehrer


#get #into #life #like #out

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.


— Tom Lehrer


#became #henry #kissinger #nobel #nobel peace prize

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


#also #american #army #carried #color

When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.


— Tom Lehrer


#fifty-two #food #get #important #more

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.


— Tom Lehrer


#satirical #somebody #you

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand.


— Tom Lehrer


#dennis miller #i #jon #jon stewart #like

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.


— Tom Lehrer


#bad #bad weather #looks #through #weather






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Mathematical publications
The American Mathematical Society database lists Lehrer as co-author of two papers:
RE Fagen & TA Lehrer "Random walks with restraining barrier as applied to the biased binary counter" Journal of the Society for Industrial Applied Mathematics vol. The album liner notes (and Lehrer himself in one routine) promote Tom Lehrer's songs using reverse psychology by deliberately quoting his negative reviews. The June 8 show was his only performance to date before Queen Elizabeth II.

S. Thomas Andrew Lehrer (born April 9 1928) is an American singer-songwriter satirist pianist and mathematician. In the early 1970s he retired from public performances to devote his time to teaching mathematics and music theatre at the University of California Santa Cruz.

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