Erma Bombeck Quotes
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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just can't see the world's on your shoulders and no day is a good day, you're missing the whole point of the experience. And that's something dogs know from the moment they come bounding up to you as a puppy.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
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I regret all of my books.
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We visited Ravi. We didn't study with him, as such.
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The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.
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I'm tired of being considered property.
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Listen, it's very easy not to be ripped off, you know. Get yourself a lawyer.
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You may think using Google's great, but I still think it's terrible.
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I would say, as loving as I am... I am definitely an extremely temperamental man who has a very large temper.
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I don't care who or what judges me, nothing's going to stop me from living my life how I choose.
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When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.
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If there is a sort of national American emotion I would call it optimism. If there is an English one I would call it embarrassment - not even pessimism - just sheer shame, embarrassment and confusion.
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I think it's more fun to grow to love characters who are flawed than it is to present perfect characters. Perfect characters aren't very funny. Certainly my friends are a strange, intense bunch of people, and people's families drive them crazy, but challenging relationships are always more rewarding.
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The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.
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In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced in television.
