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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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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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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Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.
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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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It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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Leadership must be likeable, affable, cordial, and above all emotional. The fashion of authoritarian leadership is gone. Football is about life. You can't be angry all day.
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That's what we really mean by being feared on the football field. And not actually the player that fears him, it's the offensive coordinator that fears him or the running backs coach.
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I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.
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The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.
