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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As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.
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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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A diary is more or less the work of a man of clay whose hands are clumsy and in whose eyes there is no light.
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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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Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
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When something is not liked by people, you cannot make it run, however big actor or producer you may be. The audience has to make it a hit. The power is in the hands of the public.
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I don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day.
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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
