Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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The goal of physiological research is functional nature.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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I didn't know I wanted to do films until I started to do them. Very few films are made in Mexico and film-making belonged to a very specific group, a clique.
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One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.
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Stop doing things that waste time. Don't replace time with your family or things that you need to do. I needed to put together two fantasy teams this weekend because that's something I enjoy, but I did stop playing Nintendo Wii for hours on end.
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My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in the middle class.' But these jobs are now being sent overseas. So in order to make it today, you have to do work that's hard to outsource, hard to automate.
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John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans.
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I always knew I wanted to work in entertainment, but I actually really wanted to be a singer more than an actress.
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Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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I just love Jamie Foxx!
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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.
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I can't hide my feelings.
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I think the truth is always simple. It has pretty much got to be. It needs to be simple enough for a child to understand. Otherwise it'd be too late. By the time you figured it out it would be too late.
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I'm the oldest and I've got two sisters.
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I feel positive when I feel vulnerable, because it's another reminder that it's not all about me and about my ego.
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You can talk about teamwork on a baseball team, but I'll tell you, it takes teamwork when you have 2,900 men stationed on the U.S.S. Alabama in the South Pacific.
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No one wants to be the kid who allies with the weird kid.
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Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.
