Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
DICK CAVETTI find most ‘sacred music’ pretty dismal.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating and dressing themselves who believe their lives are ruled from billions of miles away, by the stars – and, of course, the planets.
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I’m the only talk show host, I think, if there’s such a category in, what’s called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah.
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Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn’t possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!
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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn’t ailing.
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It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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There should be three days a week when no one is allowed to say: ‘What’s your sign?’ Violators would have their copies of Kahlil Gibran confiscated.
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The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
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If I were running a campaign, I’d urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending it more wisely – on a talented young comedy writer.
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I hate Danny Kaye movies.
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A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his second sentence to me was about knees.
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I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.
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Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don’t happen.
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.
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Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there’s not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.
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Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.
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