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Quotes by American Authors
"There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others."
"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."
"All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction."
"It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account."
"A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it."
"To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally."
"When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after the little redhead girl."
"We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer."
"I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show."
"The shortest distance between two people is a story."
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."
"With the establishment of a presence in all three counties of Delaware, recruitment in and outside Delaware and throughout the world and new master's and doctoral programs, Delaware State University will continue to grow and attract even more qualified students."
"I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more."
"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."
"Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!"
"I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do."
"If you're an attractive guy, everyone thinks you're successful just because of the way you look. I hate that."
"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."
"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."
"Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."
"Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible."
"I like going to Church for aesthetic reasons, rather than spiritual ones."
"Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
"A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal."
"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces."
"People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition."
"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity."
"Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything."
"Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God."
"If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed."
"When I was a bit older I had all of the George Carlin records, all of the Steve Martin records, all of the Cheech and Chong records and all of the Richard Pryor records."
"Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other."
"I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays."
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