Erma Bombeck Quotes
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
Quotes to Explore
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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I like to improvise.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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My last two years of high school, I think I went to Burger King every day for lunch.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news journalist by background, so I approach everything as reporting - I treat it as real, I ask the questions I'd ask in a real situation, and I let the characters speak for themselves.
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We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
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My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.'
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How do you let go of attachment to things? Don't even try. It's impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.
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The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people.
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Ordinary Geiger counters, worn on belt clips and resembling pagers, have been in use by the U.S. Customs Service for years.
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Everyone thinks I have a coffee plantation in Sierra Leone, but I have a cashew crop project. I wrote about a woman who owns a coffee plantation! When you are talking about a woman writer coming from a hot country, there's a complete assumption that she is writing about her own life.
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I started out with the guitar and was a studio musician back in the 50s, and then got shot in my finger.
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When a player keeps a calm demeanor on the court, it's easier for his ability to shine. The best response to an opposing player's physical or psychological tactics is to keep cool and come right back at him with the force of your game, not your fists. Revenge is always sweeter if your team wins the game.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
