Evan Esar Quotes
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
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I've been on a tweeting mission.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.'
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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There is much boasting among the young men about their teams as their horse and carts in Cleveland. Most of the Yorkshire men take as much delight in their ox draught as they used to do in their Horse Draught.
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India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.
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There are people who consider it almost unpatriotic to be inquisitive and to be truthful about your opinions.
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In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
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I know how to hit a mark without looking. I instinctively know where my eye line should be. That's all 100%. But your character and the story are always different, so the emotional part is not muscle memory. You're still surprised by stuff and get the adrenaline.
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I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
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Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.
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I think love is something that you have to work on, and it develops over experience and time. Love is a practice.
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I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.
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After my divorce I was really down in the dumps. I wanted to reinvent myself.
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But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.
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I always felt if something bad happens, it can be your best opportunity. The times I was most depressed turned out to be the best things.
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The three chief causes of divorce are men, women, and marriage.
