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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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 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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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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I had the good fortune to be able to take a course with Margaret Mead. I had a fabulous art course, where it was explained to me that nothing exists in a vacuum, that everything is a result of the period in which it's done - the economics, the sociology, the politics, all sewn together. That was a very important lesson.
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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
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A bad audition is usually the director's fault, not the actor's. It's up to the director to get the atmosphere right to get the best out of your auditionees.
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So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.
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It's totally crazy! I can't believe all the young kids doing it in competition now. It's pretty unbelievable to have an element variation named after me.
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I would love for people to be able to think of me as a guy who stood up for what he believed in and helped make a difference for the vets.
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It was back in 2011 that everything changed. I was not a healthy eater at all. Up until that point, I was a student and a complete sugar addict.
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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.
