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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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 can take a newspaper and make it a lethal weapon.
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The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
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My girlfriend is much better than I am at working hard then resting, and she demands that from me, too. She insists on having time when we don't do anything. We leave the housework and watch a movie.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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I believe that international terrorism is a modern form of warfare against liberal democracies. I believe that the ultimate but seldom stated goal of these terrorists is to destroy the very fabric of democracy. I believe that it is both wrong and foolhardy for any democratic state to consider international terrorism to be 'someone else's' problem.... Liberal democracies must acknowledge that international terrorism is a 'collective problem.'
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
