Erma Bombeck Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
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It's about not having doubt in your mind and staying focused and not having any preconceived notion about failure. It's just looking forward and staying positive.
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Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.
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In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
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But words - words are not enough!
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I don't believe in messing with mother-nature too much.
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Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.
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When I did 'Cyrano' for Roundabout, I was originally supposed to direct and play the title role, but I quickly realized that was madness, and we called in Jamie Lloyd, who directed me in Osborne's 'Inadmissible Evidence.'
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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The gym of life has a free membership. Build powerful life-muscles through family gatherings from hell. Do you really want to be a happy, peaceful blob?
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I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.
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I walk into a health club locker room and feel an immediate impulse toward scrutiny, the kneejerk measuring of self against other: 'That one has great thighs, this one's gained weight, who's thin, who's fat, how do I compare?'
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Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin were two guys I liked a lot.
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Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!
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I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.
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The first Star Wars movie had come out in 1977 and had become this huge phenomenon with all the toys and everything - it just kind of swept America.
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There is no more embarrassing thing in my life that the fact that I have actually uttered the phrase, 'I would like to order the Ginsu Knife.'
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Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.
