Erma Bombeck Quotes
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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I've always been a dreamer.
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It should not be the government running the economy.
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How many women in this world are served breakfast in bed every morning by a gorgeous young man? I am. So how do I feel about older age? Crazy about it! Wouldn't trade it for anything!
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.
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I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!'
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My dad was a great guy; my mother was wonderful. I was very lucky to be around music from the time I woke up until I went to bed.
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I loved being in Cambridge. I think about it often. It was this great little capsule of time to me.
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I am not easy to break through to. There is a protective shield that I have built psychologically. I am not open to everyone as I have been to ones those who have broken through me. But once you break through, I will love anything that you do.
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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
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No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.
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Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.
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Women have always been a good influence on me.
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Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.
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Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.
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We've really got to stop looking to Washington to fix our problems. It obviously doesn't have the ability to do that. People who are successful are not successful because of the president.
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To process and close models in 50 states and 2,000-plus counties with the myriad of, just, tens of thousands of different regulations, customs, vendors - it's a monster. So the only way to do that is with technology. It really is rocket science.
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
