Leo Rosten Quotes
The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields … is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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When I was a child, I did always feel that people were hiding things, and that they weren't expressing their true feelings. When adults are too complicated, and cover their emotions with layers of well-intentioned subterfuge, the child isn't seeing reality clearly enough and gets upset.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Philly ain't a good environment for you when you headed in a different direction. Bad things happen left and right. You might walk up the street, make a wrong turn, and your whole life could flip.
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What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.
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The practice of charity will bind us - will bind all men in one great brotherhood.
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The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields … is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.