Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.
DICK CAVETTTo label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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I live a sensible life. You know, I don’t take on too much.
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.
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Lawyers work hard and, like us, they’re human, many of them.
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It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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An effective speaker can do more damage or more good in a well-stated minute than an angry klutz could do in half an hour.
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Anything seen on TV is, in a subtle and sinister sense, thereby endorsed.
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The authority of depression is horrifying. I felt like my brain was busted and that I could never feel good again. I really thought that I was never gonna heal.
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There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?
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I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.
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I haven’t ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.
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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.
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Every time someone says, ‘You know, we really ought to get together,’ if I were really honest, I would ask ‘Why?’
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I don’t think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience’s reaction is from another.
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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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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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