Evan Esar Quotes
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An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
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People know me for up – tempo songs because of my hits.
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It doesn't always make sense to have a token on the blockchain that is both useful and represents ownership - it has to be something where there's a network effect. That's why I cite Facebook as an example of what could be disrupted more so than, say, Amazon - which is bit more centralized and is not exactly a network of users in the same way.
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, 'This is someone who I want to work with.'
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite monotony: in fact, neither Age nor Custom could do anything (as they said, their voices rising) with the American novelist Gertrude Johnson.
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We talk about issues, but I'm not his adviser, I'm his wife... I find that it's really best not to give your spouse a lot of advice. I don't want a lot of advice from him.
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A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.
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People assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.
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I dreamed my way into Lincoln and the details that moved me - his lack of education or 'civilized' manners and his deep connection to all humankind.
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People were very fond of the project, but nobody could have - or would have - predicted how much of a phenomenon it would become.
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That’s what love’s all about. You’re the only one having those wonderful feelings, but you have to go it alone as you wander through the dark your mind and body have to bear it all. All by yourself.
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It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.
