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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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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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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The last time I was in a gym, Dukakis was running for president.
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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 have done stupid with a lot of zeros on the end of it. I know what it looks like.
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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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For every laugh, there should be a tear.
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My goal is long-term happiness. And I make choices that aren’t going to undermine that goal.
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'What kind of idiot do you think I am?''I have no idea what kind of idiot you are,' Miss Jesczenka said. 'That’s why I’m asking.'
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I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.
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The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.
