Erma Bombeck Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
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I want to play interesting women.
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But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
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Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough.
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You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
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Acting was something I had to do.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
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In the vacant places We will build with new bricks
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The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.
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Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.
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Standing outside the fire;Standing outside the fire.Life is not tried, it is merely survivedIf you're standing outside the fire.
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We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world.
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We live in a zoo, and we get to share all our animals with the people who come in. We really put our animals first, and then the staff, and then the visitors. The animals aren't pacing; they're all happy. When you touch an animal, it ultimately touches you.
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What strikes me most of all in Christian culture, which is supposed to be concerned with the rights of the weakest, is the lack of regard toward animals. Maybe because they're thought to be soulless.
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The Lord is not serious. In fact, it is a little hard to know just what else He is except loving. And love has to do with humor, doesn't it? For you cannot love someone unless you put up with him, can you? And you cannot put up with someone constantly unless you can laugh at him. Isn't that true? And certainly we are rediculous little animals wallowing in the fudge bowl, and God must love us all the more because we appeal to his humor.
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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time.
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Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.
