Berkeley Breathed Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.
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I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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You have friends, and they die. You have a disease, someone you care about has a disease, Wall Street people are scamming everyone, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. That's what we're surrounded by all the time.
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Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
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I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.
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The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
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I was crazy about Heath. And his blood. Erik was an amazing guy who I really, really liked. Loren was completely delicious. Jeesh, I sucked." - Zoey Redbird (Ch 20)
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You want to sing this song. And so it goes on until eventually, after - well, however long it can take - sometimes a few days, sometimes months - you piece the whole thing together.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.
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Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.
