Sara Willis (Fanny Fern) Quotes
What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
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Laughter is something we have against oppression and oppressive people. Dictators hate people who laugh at them. It's easy for them to destroy people who resist them. But if you create jokes against them, write funny poems or articles against them, then they feel helpless and desperate. They can't do anything.
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The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it.
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I believe, if done correctly, eliminating Saddam and liberating Iraq could be the 'Normandy Invasion' or 'fall of the Berlin Wall' of our generation... the Iraqi people are eager to be rid of Saddam, and there is equally encouraging evidence that republican principles could thrive there.
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What a pity when editors review a woman's book, that they so often fall into the error of reviewing the woman instead.
