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I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real. – Carroll OConnor

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Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. – Carroll OConnor

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Both my brothers became physicians and I, of course, wandered into a business where the undisciplined are welcome. – Carroll OConnor

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One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made. – Carroll OConnor

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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. – Dee Dee Myers

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Business is in itself a power. – Garet Garrett

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Man, I dont want to have nothing to do with computers. I dont want the government in my business. – Erykah Badu

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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. – Richard M. Nixon

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An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. – Charles Darwin

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