Bob Newhart Quotes
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I still have a young attitude.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
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I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wear again. I'm a child of the depression, so I'm very, very practical.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
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Trump, who never showed the slightest glimpse of humility.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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If historical experience could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.
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In an article on Bunyan lately published in the "Contemporary Review" - the only article on the subject worth reading on the subject I ever saw (yes, thank you, I am familiar with Macaulay's patronizing prattle about "The Pilgrim's Progress") etc.
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I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
