Evan Esar Quotes
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Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.
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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.
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I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
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Moralists have no place in an art gallery.
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One of the first production deals I signed, the guy wanted my name to be Minaj and I fought him tooth and nail. But he convinced me. I've always hated it.
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Heartbreak taught me that you can rise from the ashes and get over .
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We just cracked. We had this game. We're not supposed to lose that one. I would rather get blown out.
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I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.
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It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.
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I'm terrified by young people who are doing what they think is film making. What they're really doing is taking that convulsed, fast rhythm of commercials. It's not film making.
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Love is the language of the soul when it is not colored by emotion, ego, or attachment.
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The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.
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I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.
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The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
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The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery--amputation at the neck.
