Erma Bombeck Quotes
Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.
Quotes to Explore
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut.
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It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.'
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An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'
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Being productive gives people a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that loafing never can.
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I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.
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But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.
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My favorite Elvis era has always been his early Sun Records stuff. It was raw, just Elvis singing what he felt. It had all the influences of black blues that came out of Memphis and these gospel quartets that he loved. You can really hear that in his music from Sun.
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I stop short of being a workaholic.
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Self-government won't work without self-discipline.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I care about the children of Detroit.
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A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
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Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.
