Lewis Grizzard Quotes
The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wiggle out of one.
Quotes to Explore
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
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I don't want to be polite. I don't think campaigning is polite. That's a disingenuous effort.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
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Straight people are everywhere!
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
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Fear isn't an excuse to come to a standstill. It's the impetus to step up and strike.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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Kanye is so much fun. He's a wonderful person. What I love about Kim and Kanye is that I think they save their happy moments and their smiles for themselves rather than sharing everything with the public. And listen, when a camera is shoved in your face trying to take a selfie, you do not want to smile.
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The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wiggle out of one.
