Irvin S. Cobb Quotes
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the middle of a table. This sort of shopping bag denotes prices that will start chipping into your children's college education fund. Avoid it.
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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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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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Birth was the death of him.
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Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.
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I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
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One can be resolved to promote good, or one can be resolved to be a good person- Two separate things that are mutually exclusive
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
