Ed McMahon Quotes
All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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I'm saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.
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I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
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I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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I remember moving out to L.A. straight after college and just starting to try to write scripts and trying to get stuff off the ground.
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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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Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We were never supposed to write negative things about gays, or else we were seen as collaborating with the enemy.
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I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women.
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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.
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That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small.
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Sometimes we see the jagged rocks in our path, but we still can’t avoid them.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
