Bob Newhart Quotes
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.
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I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
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Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
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From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
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I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.
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It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!
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You can never take a day off, because there's an All-Star on every team.
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An only child alone and wildA cabinet maker's son.His hands were meant for different workAnd his heart was known to none -He left his home and went his lone and solitary wayAnd he gave to me a gift I knowI never can repay.
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It is not decided by votes what is true; otherwise we could never come to any truth, ever. People will vote for what is comfortable - and lies are very comfortable because you don't have to do anything about them, you just have to believe. Truth needs great effort, discovery, risk, and it needs you to walk alone on a path that nobody has traveled before.
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Have you ever watched someone become American? Last week, at a national citizenship conference I organize, thirty immigrants from 17 countries swore an oath and became citizens of the United States. It was a stirring experience for the hundreds of people in the room.
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Dickens's final book, 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood,' forms the jumping-off point for my new novel, 'The Last Dickens'. This last work by Dickens has very little social commentary and a pretty tightly efficient storyline and cast of characters. Not necessarily what we think of when we think what characterizes Dickens.
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People can forgive each other.
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Saudi Arabia has lost one of its dutiful sons, a leader among the most dear of its leaders and men.
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I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.
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The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
