Erma Bombeck Quotes
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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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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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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Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
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Amateur wrestling, you can go by instinct. Pro wrestling, you have to memorize, and you have to go by what moves you said you were going to do. Sometimes you have to feel the crowd and do the moves at the right time and know the timing and tell a good story.
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I'm not really very ambitious.
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Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years.
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The bottom line is, you love your wife, you do your best with that.
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If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something that actually helped people and changed their lives.
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Sport crosses party lines and ethnic lines. It occupies a greater realm, and it's all the more disappointing when sports figures turn out to be like everyone else.
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It feels presumptuous to think of writing for adults.
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Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
