Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes
I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of the British empire created divisions and violence due to ethnic and religious differences.
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I used to listen to country and western and blues, John Lee Hooker, spirituals, the Bluegrass Boys, and Eddie Arnold. There was a radio station that come on everyday with country, spirituals, and the blues.
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I know who in the family is a great cook. I know where the great recipes are.
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Writing is something I've always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.
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As an engineer, I tended to maintain my own equipment along with developing the processes for it.
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If you took away everything in the world that had to be invented, there'd be nothing left except a lot of people getting rained on.
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It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you are. After a while you begin to think there must be some truth in it because all those people can't be wrong.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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Truth is naturally universal...and shines into many different windows, though many are clouded.
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I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.
