Erma Bombeck Quotes
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I never discuss discussions.
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Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.
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I got my own sound; nobody sounds like me.
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I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.
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I need to put the right things in my body before and after I work out, so I end every workout with some sort of protein shake to help me get the most out of my training.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.
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I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
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What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.
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To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of Yes' stuff is very linear, albeit complex, but it's single-line melodic stuff. So I kind of had to wear a different cap working with Yes. It's not so much chord-based.
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Labour, because it chose to remain unintelligent, either became subservient, or insolently believed in damaging the capitalists' goods and machinery or even in killing the capitalists.
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Changes which are slow and gradual can be hard to notice even if their ultimate impact is quite dramatic.
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Choose to patronise your local farmers; as eaters, you need to demand a different type of food. Appreciate the pigginess of the pig.
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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
