Richard Lederer Quotes
In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.
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We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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I joke, but only half joke, that if you show up in an American hospital missing a finger, no one will believe you until they get a CAT scan, MRI and orthopedic consult.
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To me, governing is communicating. That facilitates the whole job because I can listen, I can hear what people have to say, and at the same time I can let them know what are we working on, what is our strategic line, and where are we going.
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass.
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Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright - Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.
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Most comic writers like to think they could play it straight if only their public would let them. Waugh is able to be grave without difficulty for he has always been comic for serious reasons. He has his own, almost romantic sense of propriety.
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Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison, and then waiting around for the rat to die.
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I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
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Donald Trump is at his very best, at his very best, when he talks about the issues.
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The Haight is just a place; the '60s was a spirit.
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If you can't love who you are now, you can't get to the place you want to be.
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I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life.
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I just focus on one show, when this is over then I'll start looking at what is coming up.
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I'm enjoying the work while I get it right now.
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My friends knew I was obsessed with these 'Twilight' boys because I love a dangerous love story.
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When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers are playing the game as they should and that the rest of us should fall in line.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.
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If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.
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I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that race in casting is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.
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It feels good to have your work respected again.
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In A Midnight Carol Patricia Davis illuminates the dark and brilliant humanity of Charles Dickens -- the man who lived a rags-to-riches life more remarkable than any of his stories.
