Dave Barry Quotes
American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.
Quotes to Explore
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My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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I think if you don't enjoy something, it's not sustainable.
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Solitude is unbearable for those who can not bear themselves.
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If God is all-powerful, then the Devil must be nothing more than a darkness in the mind of God. But if the Devil is something real and separate, than perfection is impossible, and there can be no God... except for the aspirations of fallen angels.
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There's no more private family than the royal family. People who can really only be themselves with each other. The rest of us just spend all our time fascinated by them.
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American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.
