Evan Esar Quotes
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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In some weird, warped way, I'm actually convinced that if I got mugged, I could probably take out the guy.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.
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Let your children go if you want to keep them.
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I did a voice for this video game called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun. I had a great time, especially since I could show up in PJs and not have to worry about how I looked.
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For me he's just a hoax. It's empty. It's not interesting. It's dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of - is all the critics' darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it's a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie's got is absolutely unbelievable.
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My body and my will are one.
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I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.
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All I've ever wanted is to be normal.
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The real mariachis in Mexico are singers like Agustin Lara and Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete - the Golden Era of Mexican Filmmaking. Mariachis sing very soft and very beautiful. That's old-school mariachi. They are caressing the songs.
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I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.
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To get elected in Mexico today, you have to compete like any democracy, and you don't do that by being manipulated.
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You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
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My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.
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Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musician. The idea of it is enticing and fun and mysterious. But the reality is long hours and hard work. I have a lot of respect for the women I've dated.
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It's so important to keep moving and don't buy into the myth. I say do anything you feel like as long as you don't hurt yourself or hurt anyone else. And things don't stop working in your body or your mind.
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On quantum theory I use up more brain grease than on relativity.
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You need a spiritual foundation. Something that allows you to see how you connect to the rest of the universe. It's simple stuff, but it's hard.
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Hard work never hurt anyone who hired someone else to do it.
