Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
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As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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No, I'll stay Ice-T. This is what got me here, I'm always going to stay true to that. If it weren't for hip-hop I wouldn't be doing all these other things.
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In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.
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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
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It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning.
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We can't be The Beatles. I can't shine their shoes. I can't sing as well as Paul or John. I can't write those kind of songs. But they would die in my armour and my eight-inch platform heels, and Paul can't spit fire, so there you have it.
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I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.
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Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards - a massive star.
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Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport.
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The best thing about being an artist is the free clothing and getting to kiss pretty girls.
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Despite the volume of 'junk' mail that students receive each year, companies that have an interest in selling their product to students say direct mailing is a key to their success.
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To even be a working entertainer in Hollywood is such a rare privilege.
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Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it.
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I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
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There is a great deal of work that can be done between the SDLP representing the Nationalist population and the Unionist Parties, and I believe we should set down to do that.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.
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The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.
