I have never been converted to or even had much interest in spiritualism, occultism, Swedenborgianism or any particular religion. And I never, except occasionally for a laugh, visit the quacks who call themselves psychics.
DICK CAVETTI love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples’ stories.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.
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The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
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Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don’t happen.
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I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, ‘Kid, don’t make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you’re like David Frost. Make it a conversation.’
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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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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.
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Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.
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You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you’re stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get a lot of, ‘Hey, you’re great! What’s your name again?’
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It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.
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The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex.
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In relative youth, we assume we’ll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
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The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they’d word something or how they’d inflect it.
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I hate Danny Kaye movies.
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Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.
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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
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