Erma Bombeck Quotes
What makes people laugh? . . . It's a happy marriage between a person who needs to laugh and someone who's got one to give.
Quotes to Explore
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.
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Almost every character I've ever played - and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it's not - I need to find what they love.
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We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.
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I believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.
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The national debt has given rise to joint stock companies, to dealings in negotiable effects of all kinds, and to agiotage, in a word to stock-exchange gambling and the modern bankocracy.
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I really do believe we can stuff enough algorithms in a movie that only the dedicated hackers can spend the time and effort to try to plumb through those 1,000 algorithms to try to find a way to beat it.
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It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.
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One country, one constitution, one destiny.
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Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.
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Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy!
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In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.
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People will continue to search for answers to universal and perplexing problems. But to find meaningful answers, one must first know what questions to ask.
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I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that the solutions come by both listening to the people impacted by the crisis and by learning from historical experiences in other places.
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What makes people laugh? . . . It's a happy marriage between a person who needs to laugh and someone who's got one to give.
