Evan Esar Quotes
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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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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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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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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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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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I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.
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When I was at AOL, I was always on the web media side while much of the company was focused on the ISP business. We focused on big categories like celebrities and sports, and we created brands around that category like AOL Celebrities, AOL Movies and Fanhouse.
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The people of the FBI sacrifice much for their country, and I am proud to lead this organization of dedicated agents, analysts, and professional staff.
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I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.
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People's attitudes have been changing over the past 15 years, but China is still the world's biggest consumer of dogs.
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Oh heck yeah, I totally would love to have a Phantom Dennis in real life.
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Everything seems really simple on paper until you take a camera out of the box.
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Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?" I would even ask others, "Do you suppose this Butterbelly can think?" And all I would get in reply was a look. At the age of eighteen, I left the state.
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My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities.
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I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.
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I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in the '80s, back when it just wasn't a cool scene. But my mother had the foresight to look for a number of projects that would keep us away from the streets.
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It takes far more courage to violate a custom than a law.
