Milton Berle Quotes
I bought my mother-in-law a beautiful chair for Christmas, but she won't let me plug it in.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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OKCupid's model is almost entirely based on advertising, which is the way most online media is monetized these days, whether it's the news or whether it's sports, and we think online dating is going to evolve in the exact same way.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions.
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I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.
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Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.
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Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
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My next baby will be my new record.
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What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of. What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone.
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She said, 'Spell 'ant' ', and I wrote out the entire alphabet. She said, 'That doesn't spell 'ant' ', and I said, 'It's in there somewhere! There's the A, there's the N, there's the T – the rest are silent!'
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To remain on earth you must be useful, otherwise Nature regards you as old metal, and is only watching for a chance to melt you over.
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Life is complex in its expression, involving more than percipience, namely desire, emotion, will, and feeling.
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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What's so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We're just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.
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In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year.
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In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time.
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Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
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I bought my mother-in-law a beautiful chair for Christmas, but she won't let me plug it in.
