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Les Dawson Quotes

When I was a child, I had wax in my ears. Dad didn't take me to the doctor, he used me as a night light.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: english
Birth: February 2, 1931 - June 10, 1993

Topics

Light Child Me Doctor Night Take

The culture of the U.S. military is such that human enhancement is accepted as a goal, taking people beyond the norm. There are so many resources going into that kind of research.

Culture People Research Goal Kind

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspirational Day Worth Nothing More

I was just always the girl that people would come and talk to about their problems, and I still am.

Jennifer Aniston

Girl People Problems Talk Always

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Positive You Try Everything Seen Us

I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas.

Good Me Grandmother Way Canvas Much

Anthony Joshua is a friend of mine, and I've got a lot of time for him... I would never put his name out there.

Friend Time Name Never Him Out

I had just left 'Saturday Night Live' when I came to 'The Daily Show,' and it just felt like Jon was on my side. I'll always be grateful to him for that. I just got the impression he wanted me to succeed, and then I wanted to succeed for him. I think that's good leadership.

Leadership Good Live Daily Grateful

I've actually always wanted to write like a one-person show that was sort of a romantic comedy - a show that was kind of cynical about romance and marriage but ultimately embraced it. Because I feel like comedy is always cynical, inherently, because it's contrarian.

Marriage Romantic Feel Comedy Kind

When I was a kid in the '50s, during the Eisenhower years, everything seemed to be working fine. I don't recall as a teenager ever worrying about the state of the future world.

Future World Kid Years Everything

My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let's unify; let's show more love.

Life Love Music People Career More

My most memorable design-related encounter was also one of my most life-changing. I met Joyce Rutter Kaye, 'Print''s editor-in-chief from 1998-2008. It was at 6 A.M. on a cross-country flight from New York to Vancouver for the 2003 National AIGA conference.

New York New Flight Memorable Most

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Love Courage Risk Others Boundaries

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