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I find most ‘sacred music’ pretty dismal.

Dick Cavett

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.
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Big Book Mistake Reading Start Yourself
In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.
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Depression Ghost Misery Rare
When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’
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Appearance Count Death Show Talk Yourself
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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Conversation Memorable Myself Order Sentence
I’ll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.
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Away Happiness Myself Stay
I’m not all that enthralled by show business, and I’m not that much of a highbrow.
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Business Myself
In relative youth, we assume we’ll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
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Relative Remember Thinking Youth
I’m not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.
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Block Easy Hard Myself Reason Writing
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it’s hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.
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Comedy Need Resent Writing Yourself
Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.
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Dirty Food Letter Mindset Word
Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.
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Depression Direction Patience Therapy
If your parents never had children, chances are neither will you.
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Children Parents Yourself
There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.
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Class Fresh Olympic Several Yourself
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
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Age Average Live Thinking
Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
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Comic Gift God Moments Report
I would not ever try to be a show intellectual, which I was accused of doing a while on ABC. I thought you were supposed to read the guests’ books.
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Alphabet Book Guest Intellectual Reading

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