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Phyllis Diller Quotes

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: July 17, 1917 - August 20, 2012

Topics

Work Children Advice You Follow

Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.

Good Morning Mind Brain You Early

Everyone is like, 'What were you thinking on the podium?' I'm like, I'm just like probably thinking, like, 'We're hungry,' to be honest.

Thinking You Everyone Hungry Honest

I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that has never really been true.

Shirley Chisholm

Country Run True Never First Been

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history.

Life Dreams History Great Man Kind

I've done a few marathons. I've done a 50-mile one and even a 100-mile one.

Jonny Lee Miller

There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

Great Time Past Ideas Understanding

You know, if you meet someone for the first time, they're not going to bite you.

Time Someone You Know Meet First

We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not sure that our federal government can afford that.

Claire McCaskill

Government People Country Things Who

Tracy Ullman, I grew up watching her shows and standup and improv and specials. Bette Midler and Whoopi Goldberg. They inspire me to do it all. I always wanted to do it all; I never wanted to be put in a box.

Me Inspire Never Watching Box Up

The four of us couldn't have made a record with the time left over when we were shooting the show. We were on stage from 7.30 in the morning 'til 7 at night. Later on, when there was a break from filming, and we were sick of doing it the old way.

Morning Time Night Sick Doing Way

That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.

Commitment Me Doing Important Young

When writing, I'm not thinking about war, even if I'm writing about it. I'm thinking about sentences, rhythm and story. So the focus, when I'm working, even if it's on a story that takes place at war, is not on bombs or bullets. It's on the story.

Focus War Writing Story Thinking

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