Richard Lederer Quotes
Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.
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All Americans have benefited from the dedicated service of Representative Henry Waxman. In every battle and in every moment that mattered most, Rep. Waxman stood up for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wild places we cherish.
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Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.
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By providing clear objectives for your team, and setting guardrails for how they get there, you will set them on the path to success.
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Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?
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I'm very happy for others to engage in conjecture, but if I was ever conscious of what I'm thinking about when I'm writing, oh my God, I'd be totally lost.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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We live in a world where equality is pretty important.
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Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote.
