Evan Esar Quotes
The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be a congressman.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Anytime you spend 15 or 16 hours a day with someone, five days a week for six months, that's more time than some people spend with their own families, so it does affect the dynamic between the actors.
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I really wanted to do things that weren't comic. It felt like finding people who can see this other side to me.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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The Bureau doesn't have any secret files.
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
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Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
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The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it.
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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
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I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
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Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.
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There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
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Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath.
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When you've got a lot of slaves at your command, you tend to get a little bit fat. You tend to get a little bit lazy. You tend to get a little incompetent because there's not much that you do for yourself anymore.
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I don't think quotas are necessarily an evil. I think when we look at industry in general back to the '60s and the '50s, the way more diverse people like my dad and mom's generation were able to break into industry was because of affirmation action, because of quotas.
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That’s what it means to be out of your mind. To let yourself be carried away by a dream. To give it room, let it grow wild and thick, until it overruns you.
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Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.
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Let's be honest: the label of model-daughter-of-celebrity mother is... you know, I don't want to have that label. It's not who I am. It's not my values to go off someone else's name and to be pigeonholed as that. So in a way, that has really pushed me to be more independent.
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My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.
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The little boy who goes to the store and forgets what his mother sent him for, will probably grow up to be a congressman.
