Edwin Newman Quotes

Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will.

Edwin Newman

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• I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.

  

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• Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.

  

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• Problem-solving, inventing, hacking and coding is more of an adrenaline rush of endorphins rather than a feeling.

  

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• We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.

  

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• While President Obama may not have ordered any surveillance of Trump or his advisors, the real question is whether he or Attorney General Loretta Lynch were aware of or approved of any surveillance of Trump and his staff during the campaign.

  

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• People who like to fume about the manner in which Disney changed beloved classics are often ignorant of history, not to mention the realities of show business.

  

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• I only give expression to the instincts from my soul.

  

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• Talking to Petrus is like punching a bag of sand. 'Are you giving him up?' 'Yes, I am giving him up.'

  

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• You say I look goofy? OK, great. You say it's comedy? Great. Whatever anyone thought, I didn't care. Could be goony, could be sexy, could be stupid, could be cool. I didn't know, but as long as it was something, you know?

  

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• Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.

  

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• Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will.

  

  Edwin Newman
  • America
  • Death
  • English