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Faith Popcorn: The cliches of...

Faith Popcorn: The cliches of...

The cliches of a culture sometimes tell the deepest truths.

Source: The Popcorn...

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Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

Faith Popcorn: The future bears...

The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so.

Source: The Popcorn...

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Gifford Pinchot, III: It is important...

Gifford Pinchot, III: It is important...

It is important [for an entrepreneurial manager] to become associated with at least one accountant, especially if he...

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W Edwards Deming: The average American...

W Edwards Deming: The average American...

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with...

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Rudolf Bing: I prefer to...

Rudolf Bing: I prefer to...

I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go...

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Steve Martin: I believe entertainment...

Steve Martin: I believe entertainment...

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you are an...

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George Burns: Smartness runs in...

George Burns: Smartness runs in...

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five...

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Woody Allen: The universe is...

Woody Allen: The universe is...

The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind -- a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just...

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Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Phyllis Diller: Cleaning your house...

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops...

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Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

Alfred Hitchcock: The length of...

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

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Robert Morley: The British tourist...

Robert Morley: The British tourist...

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.

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Robert Morley: Beware of the...

Robert Morley: Beware of the...

Beware of the conversationalist who adds 'in other words'. He is merely starting afresh.

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Will Rogers: Being a hero...

Will Rogers: Being a hero...

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Source: Saturday...

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Robert Redford: Health food may...

Robert Redford: Health food may...

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

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Bill Monroe: Bluegrass has brought...

Bill Monroe: Bluegrass has brought...

Bluegrass has brought more people together and made more friends than any music in the world. You meet people at...

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Victor Borge: I know [canned...

Victor Borge: I know [canned...

I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they get...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Katharine Hepburn: Life's what's important....

Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie....

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Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Gilda Radner: Comedy is very...

Comedy is very controlling -- you are making people laugh. It is there in the phrase 'making people laugh.' You feel...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: Character isn't inherited....

Helen Gahagan Douglas: Character isn't inherited....

Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by...

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Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

Agnes George DeMille: The creative urge...

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second-rate.

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