Dave Barry Quotes
In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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I feel that we, as Indians, have a knack for loving a stereotypical, sobbing, sympathy-seeking personality. I feel that we need to promote quirky, cool and youthful talent. We have to stop propagating the sob-story angle of celebs, where they try to be larger-than-life. That is very outdated. It is so boring that it puts you to sleep.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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There is no person that love cannot heal; there is no soul that love cannot save.
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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Even one's own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There's nothing 'natural' about one's home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment - we're living inside commercials.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
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The 1970s crystallized the service mantra as we now know it.
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I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
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I think it is a great gift to make people laugh, and it shouldn't be underestimated.
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In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid.
