Mort Sahl Quotes
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I have observed, through many years of living in north Brooklyn, that people, for example an ostensible group of friends, can be dangerous to one another.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
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I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team.
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That someone like Obama could be elected president of the United States - with its unrivaled power and prestige - has begun to restore the country's and the world's faith in America as the land of opportunity.
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I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book.
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I used to be on the Lincoln City Council. You learn that there's never enough money for all of the police officers and fire-fighting apparatus you'd like to have.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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My life needs editing.
