Erma Bombeck Quotes
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It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.
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Every modern war has had its roots in exploitation.
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I firmly believe that we are all given signs and dreams and put in situations that define who we were and who we are to become. All of it points towards our destiny. All we need to do is listen carefully to the messages and follow our dreams. It is in our dreams that we find our true identities and where our destiny awaits.
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If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.
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Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person.
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What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a right and a duty to use the power of government to impose their superior knowledge and virtue on others.
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Chemistry dissolves the goddess in the alembic, Venus, the white queen, the universal matrix, Down to the molecular hexagons and carbon-chains.
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I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.
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It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.
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You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.
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We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.
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Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.
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I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
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I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time.
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You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
