Milton Berle Quotes
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he adored her. He was more like my pal. Because of the 13-year gap, I think by the time I came along, it wasn't a big deal. I wasn't spoilt or cherished, I was just put to work.
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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I'm a typical California boy.
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My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what they deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and made up many tales involving 'Gory the Goblin' and other creatures that I borrowed from the Grimms' tales and other tales I knew.
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We have sectors of the economy, aerospace is a good example, where Britain's probably the second country in the world, the automobile sector, where we've done extraordinarily well, an enormous amount of investment over the last couple of years, life sciences is another.
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.
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By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.
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Although Senate Bill 1556 has received attention for its perceived focus, my job is to look at the actual substance of the legislation.
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The appeal of the paranormal bad boy - or James Bond super-spy, as one example of male escapism - can sometimes make everyday problems seem less dire. Thus, a few hours spent immersed in the world of the wicked yet alluring hero is the equivalent of a mini-vacation.
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Laughter is the best medicine in the world.
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Laughter is an instant vacation.
