Evan Esar Quotes
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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Live TV would terrify anybody.
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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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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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The only times I'm not relaxed are when I haven't got a project on the go.
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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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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either.
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Many a wedding takes place when a man can't afford to go steady with a girl any longer.
