Bob Newhart Quotes

I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.

Bob Newhart

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• I feel like I grew up in the circus. I know planes, trains and automobiles. And really talented, weird people.

  

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• Homeland or death! Socialism or death! We shall overcome!

  

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• Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.

  

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• Never be a food snob. Learn from everyone you meet - the fish guy at your market, the lady at the local diner, farmers, cheese makers. Ask questions, try everything and eat up!

  

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• Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.

  

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• I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.

  

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• There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

  

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• My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.

  

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• One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.

  

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• I'm covered up, but I'm still getting these comments that say I shouldn't be. But the girls who wear the bikinis, they're being told they're too revealing! Enough. It's their body, their choice.

  

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• The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.

  

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• I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.

  

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• You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

  

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• I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

  

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• I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders.

  

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• We all wake up, and I'm sure at some point during the day we all have very similar thoughts regardless of our circumstances and where we are in the world.

  

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• I found it really hard for a couple of years to do any writing because all I wanted to do was play the fiddle. From the minute I took it up, I just couldn't put it down.

  

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• Barbour is a brand that I have grown up with and been associated with since I was living near the borders of Scotland.

  

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• I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.

  

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• Breakfast is so important, so I'll make an omelet with cheese and deli meats, and then I'll eat muesli and yogurt mixed with fruit or oatmeal with fruit - and then a side of baked beans.

  

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• I started singing one day along with my cousin, and I didn't take it too seriously. The people started telling me, 'Hey, you have a nice voice.' and I was like, 'Really?'

  

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• I'm a crier. You won't see me lashing out, but you will see me crying a lot.

  

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• I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

  

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• I think the thing about it is when you grow up in Chicago there's such a thing as putting on airs, you know? And you just learn not to put on airs. Don't act like, 'Oh boy, I'm somebody.' They'll slap you down.

  

  Bob Newhart
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