Bel Kaufman Quotes
To quote a noted Jewish humorist, Sholom Aleichem: “First comes health. You can always hang yourself later."
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it didn't, why would I write it?
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Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.
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Old houses were scaffolding once and workmen whistling.
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Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.
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I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.
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With the consent of the people, I will seek to continue service in Congress for the well-being of our state and our nation.
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The desire to collect information on customers is not new for Target or any other large retailer, of course. For decades, Target has collected vast amounts of data on every person who regularly walks into one of its stores.
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The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!
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I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.
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Since most of our films cater to crossover audiences, I think it's time we make films for multilingual viewers.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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I want to be thankful for all of the things that I've been blessed with, and I've had a great run. I have a huge fan base, and I'm still able to work a lot. I don't know if I'll ever have another big impact record on commercial radio again, but you know, everybody's gonna have to face the reality that their day's gonna come to an end, too.
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I prefer to be scared in a way that a 12-year-old would want to be.
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I am too much of a control freak to be a drinker.
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To quote a noted Jewish humorist, Sholom Aleichem: “First comes health. You can always hang yourself later."
