Phyllis Diller Quotes
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While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.
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I love my sleep.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
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The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.
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Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable.
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I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.
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Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.
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I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for.
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It was as easy to be alone with six kin as it is to be alone by yourself, and maybe easier.
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Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,And lay them prone upon the earth and ceaseTo ponder on themselves, the while they stareAt nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.
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The enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
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To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.
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Whatever doubt might rise, he knew that he was right. But the rightness was an intellectual rightness and the doubt emotional.
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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves… I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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I want to do more films because if you do a lot of films, you become a better actor.
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When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
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There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying to cover up their feet.
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When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.
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Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
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Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.
