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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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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I never want fear to stop me from doing anything else in my life. I never want fear to make me say no again. I never want fear to be even the slightest problem for me. And if I ever have just a tiny fearful thought, I want to be able to say no to it immediately.
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There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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A lecturer often makes you feel dumb at one end and numb at the other.
