Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I have a pig valve.
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The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.
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I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
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Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.
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I'd quite like to direct. I don't think it will happen, but my urge is that way inclined.
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I hope some compromise will be entered into between the two parties, slavery & antislavery, which will have the effect of allaying violent passions on both sides.
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If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions.
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Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
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So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.
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In Mexico, you have to defend yourself and your honour.
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With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'
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I think girls have a harder time than guys do if you're switching schools. Guys don't get picked on as long as you're OK in sports.
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Generally I'm wide open to people; I love helping them in any way I possibly can. But for me to invest, a business has to have a lot of creative scale; it has to be unique.
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Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.
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I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill.
