Cathy Guisewite Quotes
Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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I always put my boxing first.
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The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.
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The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade.
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'Breathe In' was such a big deal for me. It was my first anything. Before that, I was going through 'Backstage Magazine' and applying for student films.
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Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
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Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.
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Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out.
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Whenever I felt happy about having discovered something, the first encounter, not only with the public, with other musicians, with specialists, etc, was that they rejected it.
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It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point.
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I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.
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I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
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I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.
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In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he's joking or not, and I think that's going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
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I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.
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But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.
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Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
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Every time I get on an airplane I have a routine. I cover the inside of my nostrils with anti-bacterial ointment. I'm popping Zicam like it's candy. And I drink, literally, from L.A. to New York, six bottles of water.
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Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
