Erma Bombeck Quotes
Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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We convince by our presence.
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Conservative humor is frankly harder than liberal humor. You get points for just being liberal. You can get more points if you make fun of your own side sometimes.
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If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.
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Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
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With greater confidence in yourself and your abilities, you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans and commit yourself to achieving objectives that today you only dream about.
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The person I like most is the one who points out my defects
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Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you'll ever have is your mind and what you put into it.
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
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The more you mature, you realize that this imperfections make your more beautiful.
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When anybody laughs, he has no mind, no thought, no problem, no suffering.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.
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So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.
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I am constantly trying to reflect the way women are treated. It's hard to interpret that in clothes or in a show but there's always an underlying, sinister side to women's sexuality in my work because of the way I have seen women treated in my life. Where I come from, a woman met a man, had babies, moved to Dagenham, two up two down, made the dinner, went to bed. That was my image of women and I didn't want that. I wanted to get that out of my head.
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As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
