Jasper Carrott Quotes
When you're six years old, the word 'poo' is the funniest word on God's earth, but this insults my intelligence.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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With relationships, I've been through a lot of different situations with different people, and I write about it.
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Some writers are so enthralled by ideas (one thinks of Doris Lessing) that their characters become debaters, and their fables approach allegory.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
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I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing … I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job.
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Bush is our fault. He's our fault because too many of us found it easier to hate him than find a way to love each other. If we work on the second thing a little harder, we won't need to rely on the cynics in the DLC to come up with the right 'formula' the next time around. Because happiness and hope have a way of selling themselves.
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I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
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When you're six years old, the word 'poo' is the funniest word on God's earth, but this insults my intelligence.
