Bill Engvall Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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Anybody that's got a problem with me is probably envious or wants to be me, and that's how I've always looked at it.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.
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I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.
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The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House.
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To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
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The noble simplicity of sentiment in McCain’s tweets is a world removed from Trump’s gaudy and boastful displays. And McCain’s demonstration of character and courage is a far more reliable guide to American greatness than the pronouncements of a president who speaks of it nonstop and embodies it not at all.
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Beauty is that which excites the soul.
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I come from Wall Street, and you'll never see me do a PowerPoint because I'm all about Excel spreadsheets. If it's not in the numbers, I don't care how strategic it is; it doesn't play out.
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The only thing I want to be able to do is come in and learn the offense, go out there and compete, show what I am capable of doing and try to get better as a football player.
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When you turn up for work, especially with looking down the barrel of a show, you're hoping the person you're acting opposite of is going to be on your kind of crazy wavelength.
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(mimicking a big fish talking to a little fish)
