Lyman Beecher Quotes
Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
Quotes to Explore
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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Being a bad guy is fun for me.
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I just write and do what I think is funny. Sometimes, you do have it in your head about certain bits. There are certain jokes where I know if I did them in certain situations, it would irk people. There are times where I look at the news and see a story going on, and I'm like, 'Wow, if I tweeted this, I would get press if I wanted to.'
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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The greedy man is he who habitually eats too much, knowing that he is injuring his bodily health thereby, and this is a vice to which not the gourmet but the gourmand is a slave.
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What we aim to do, through public pressure, is help the environment protection bureau to enforce the law.
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Somebody is going to have to do fancy footwork to make sure Elizabeth and John Edwards get their prime-time shot .
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I understand that ups and downs in life keep wavering, and it's important to understand them and why they happen. So I learn whatever I have to and then move forward.
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I suppose with houses and assets, then I guess I would be a millionaire. But so are a lot of people.
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With three boys in the house, my mother was always on us when growing up about keeping our faces clean, washing behind our ears, and brushing our teeth. So I still take my morning routine seriously.
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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
