Ed Asner Quotes
I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I made Children of God because I had to make it. And with Cargo, I also felt like I had to. The impulse comes from something deep inside. Wanting to my country to be better. Because of where we are, we don't always have spaces to reflect.
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Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.
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Daniel Cormier has been a model champion. He will be a champion for the rest of his life.
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I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
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The brain is the cornerstone of virtually every facet of our lives. I wish we knew more.
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I'm not sought after. I never get enough work. It's the history of my career. There just isn't anything to turn down, let me put it that way.
