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Erma Bombeck Quotes

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 21, 1927 - April 22, 1996

Topics

Mother Compassion Mom Understanding

Growing up, 'Cosmo' was my lifeline to the world. A world that I wanted to be in but couldn't get to yet.

Growing Up World Growing Up Get

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time.

Good Time People World Busy Trying

Being a singer, I can easily break facial extremities, but breaking my nose in Luxembourg was extremely painful.

I Can Singer Break Nose Painful

If nobody recognizes you, if nobody cares, it's easier to avoid getting carried away. That's way harder if you're a famous artist.

Famous You Artist Nobody Way Avoid

I have the most lovely, healthy bouncing baby, she was all very compact and the right size.

Baby Healthy She Right Lovely Size

When you try to bring about behavioral change by an effort of will, you actually do violence to yourself, and the chances are very good that you will not succeed. This is so universally true that you can actually make money from it.

Change Good Money Yourself Effort

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

Sonia Sotomayor

Family Truth Myself Childhood Me

The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was.

Robyn Hitchcock

Thirty Everyone Years Something Knew

Drag is there to remind culture not to take itself too seriously. All of this is illusion.

Culture Illusion Seriously Take Drag

There are consequences if you stand up for what you believe. Heck, you might - you might lose your sponsors if you're a talk show host; or if you're running for office, you know, people not give to you or people might not vote for you.

People Stand Up Believe Stand Lose

Peter Kaplan was a partner, a mentor, and a friend.

Friend Partner Mentor Peter

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

Care Friends Size Excited Get Nut

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