Evan Esar Quotes
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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I'm not an actress; I'm not a professional testifier.
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You might expect that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists would be there and they are.
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99.5 percent of the people that walk around and say they are a social media expert or guru are clowns. We are going to live through a devastating social media bubble.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.
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Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
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I wish my real life could be as simple and scripted as it is on television.
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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
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I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.
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If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.
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Can I give a little advice to the old man on Capitol Hill? Stop saying teabagger. Ask your younger staffers what it means.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum. Different ideas that need to be expressed sometimes require different forms for the ideas to float better. I don't write essays as often as I should.
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The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself.