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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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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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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What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the next? You wear out. You say: There is a great river, and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.
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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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If you go to a party populated by the NPR crowd and you start talking about JonBenet Ramsey, people will look at you as if you had forgotten your pants.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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I usually get so warned when I go to Detroit, like, 'Oh my God, don't go to this section, don't go to that section.' I've never had any issues in Detroit. I love that there's enough of a racial mix of people to make fun of. I've always had a good time there.
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I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.
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The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
