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.
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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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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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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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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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I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.
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I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!
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It's like, focus on the music. Why do you have to know where I grew up?
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The way that you parent, you ease into every stage.
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We went to Ibiza, and I was on Ritalin, and, for a kid who couldn't concentrate, I read a 200-page book on King Arthur, and my mum just hated it. She said it just wasn't me.
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I tried chemo, but chemo and I didn't agree, so we didn't persist.
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I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting.
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The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it.
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I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they're making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.
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I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.
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You don’t need help to write a song. You just need to get over this experience that bummed you out so bad. The relationship you were in is over, it was over a long time ago, and you need to move on.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.
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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.
