Erma Bombeck Quotes
Most mothers entering the labor market outside the home are naive. They stagger home each evening, holding mail in their teeth, the cleaning over their arm, a lamb chop defrosting under each armpit, balancing two gallons of frozen milk between their knees, and expect one of the kids to get the door.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
Idris Elba
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With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
Samuel E. Morison
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
Maisie Williams
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
Larry Page
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
Vernon Wells
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
Tahar Rahim
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
Kate Winslet
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.
Taylor Swift
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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
Lara Spencer
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I'm very happy with my life and career, but I do find myself having serious attacks of nostalgia, and I don't quite know why. Even though I've got to travel the world and do amazing things, I still want to go back to my teenage years and change little aspects of it. It's strange, but it does continue to bug me.
Edgar Wright
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The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.
Patrick Wilson
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I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.
Joanna Lumley
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I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
Kristen Bell
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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Denis Diderot
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As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to make sure it's a smooth transition. I believe we still need places where people can go to handle, hold and talk about books, get information about what books are out there, and so on.
James Patterson
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I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.
Matt McGorry
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The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.
Matthew Heineman
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You never know what you find once you really get going.
Jan Hammer
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I got expelled from every school I went to in Sydney.
Poppy Montgomery
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My mother was the total influence. My father was what we call a nomadic person; he was a wanderer.
Danny Aiello
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I very much loved my late wife, Diana Joy Colbert, and I'd rather hold onto what I can.
Charles Bock
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Most mothers entering the labor market outside the home are naive. They stagger home each evening, holding mail in their teeth, the cleaning over their arm, a lamb chop defrosting under each armpit, balancing two gallons of frozen milk between their knees, and expect one of the kids to get the door.
Erma Bombeck