Lewis Grizzard Quotes
I have three ex-wives. I can't remember any of their names, so I just call 'em Plaintiff.
Quotes to Explore
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.
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Your reader is interested in a guileless, fresh, first-time-we-talked-about-it way. What a great liberation that is. And teenagers, if you respect them, will follow you a lot further than adults will, without fear of being a genre that they may not like or have been told not to like. They just want a story.
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I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.
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There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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The real attitude of sin in the heart towards God is that of being without God; it is pride, the worship of myself, that is the great atheistic fact in human life.
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One of the amazing things about September 11 is that we lacked the imagination to connect the dots and foresee it.
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Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.
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I have three ex-wives. I can't remember any of their names, so I just call 'em Plaintiff.
