Evan Esar Quotes
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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I don't even have my own computer.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I do not live in the world of sobriety.
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Africa is the future.
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If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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When writers don't know what to do with a character, they build up the supporting cast and universe to kind of hide that fact. After a while, you can no longer see the character for the underbrush. When that happens, you need to bring out the weed-whacker to clear some of that away so you can focus on the main character.
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I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.
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I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme - things that people do from others.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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Every few years, the feds and the courts change direction or fail to answer important questions. And every day, the Internet becomes more of a platform for lousy ads, for increasing the power of a few rich companies, and for intrusive tracking. It's too important to leave unprotected.
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Many a wedding takes place when a man can't afford to go steady with a girl any longer.
