Phyllis Diller Quotes
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A president can't go to every memorial service.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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This woman is sick to her marrow-bone, this woman is utterly alone, with husband dead, with son away in jail. Pray for me. Pray.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.
