Larry Gelbart Quotes
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.
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As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.
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I view myself as a dealmaker.
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I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.
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I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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When I was back to 100 per cent fitness, I was able to show what I was capable of. I like to think I will bring a freshness into the Euros, and now that I am captain, I am going to do my best to take responsibility.
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I don't believe in traditional company structures because the best ideas do not always come from the top.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Part of my therapy is to write.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in addition to all the print material, they'll have all these pictures to look at.
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If Hitler’s still alive, I hope he’s out of town with a musical.
