Evan Esar Quotes
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
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Better a decent remake than a bad original, don't you think?
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It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
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I'm ducked the fuck down while I'm writin this rhyme, cause I'm probably gonna get struck with lightning this time.
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If there are any who believe that immigrants to this country, most of whom have already become British citizens, could be forcibly deported because they are coloured people...then that I must repudiate, absolutely and completely.
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Schrödinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.
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If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.
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When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.'
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What's interesting about playing Maura is that I get to use more of Jeffrey that I've ever used in any role, and I think that's the remarkable part about it and truly the most surprising part about doing this role.
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Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.
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That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.
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They fought because they were paid for it; they were not interested very much in the conquest of Greece. The Athenians on the other hand, fought for their freedom. They preferred to die rather than lose their freedom, and those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
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'Enlarge my life with multitude of days!'In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays:Hides from himself his state, and shuns to knowThat life protracted is protracted woe.
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When I was interviewing Hillary Clinton, I knew when I'd ask her something that she wasn't going to give me the complete truth because she would break eye contact with me.
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The wrists, the Achilles' tendons, and the neck are some of the weakest points of the human body, so a lot of people have phobias about those things. I can't deal with the undersides of wrists.
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A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other.
