Erma Bombeck Quotes
My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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Watching yourself on screen is always a little weird, but I didn't cringe when I saw myself on 'The Hour.' It actually exceeded my expectations; every shot looks like a vintage postcard and even my most brutally honest friends have said they think it's good.
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A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
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Something like 80 per cent of business decisions have a location element. In fact, it's probably higher than that.
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I'm tired of being considered property.
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I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
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I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.
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Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place with great kids and, you know, a great husband, I think you can find threads of me in the characters, so that's really what being a writer is, probably.
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Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.
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The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
