Dick Cavett Quotes

I have never been converted to or even had much interest in spiritualism, occultism, Swedenborgianism or any particular religion. And I never, except occasionally for a laugh, visit the quacks who call themselves psychics.

Dick Cavett

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The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.

John Cleese

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I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history.

Jeffrey Eugenides

WomenHistoryWomanThoughtsWriting

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

Michael Gove

LifeLearningChildrenMomentSchool

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Stevie Wonder

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I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are.

Robert Forster

LookingFeelingNowNeverWhereOur

I was at MSNBC; I was constantly saying to them during Bridgegate, 'You've convicted Governor Christie without one iota of fact attaching him to the decision to stall the traffic on the bridge. Why don't we wait until the federal government or the state government... completes its investigation.'

Tom Brokaw

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The purpose of our common defense, after all, is to protect our people so that we can enjoy the blessings of peace, faith, freedom, family, prosperity.

Tom Cotton

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It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

Ron Livingston

ThinkYouLookDownUpSomething

Saying that you spend Christmas alone is, to most middle-class Americans, akin to confessing a terminal illness.

Michelle Dean

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My first film festival and my first film that I've ever been in, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' that was at Sundance.

Julia Garner

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If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't.

Chuck Palahniuk

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If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he automatically devotes his attention to her, that's always a sign to look for. They're not always just doing it 'cause they're being 'friendly.' They want to look for somebody new.

Brody Jenner

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