Robert Orben frases e citações
Robert Orben: Frases em inglês
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
Manly Daily staff (August 5, 2008) "They Said What?", Manly Daily, p. 8.
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“Did you ever figure to be living in a time when your check is good, but the bank bounces?”
Alison DaRosa (November 26, 1985) "Title: Alison DaRosa", Evening Tribune, Union-Tribune Publishing Co., p. B-1.
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Reported in Robert Krier (January 31, 2008) "Waiting to Inhale: Don't take a breath without the report from our Air Pollution Control District", The San Diego Union-Tribune, p. E-1.
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Pete Goering (May 20, 2007) "A few tips for the graduates", The Topeka Capital-Journal, p. 1.
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Susan Feeney (March 24, 1990) "It's no joke: politicians pay to get those laughs", The Dallas Morning News, p. 1C.
Phil Gailey (June 12, 1988) "Presidential politics should be more of a laughing matter", St. Petersburg Times, p. 5D.
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.”
Bill Husted (April 27, 2008) "Local legal eagle stages sendup", The Denver Post, p. B-03.
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“Successful salesman: someone who has found a cure for the common cold shoulder.”
Greg Heberlein (September 20, 1987) "Seattleite Eyes Northwest Stocks for Wall Street Institutions", The Seattle Times, p. D2.
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Steven Keith (December 26, 2007) "The Food Guy Food, how do I love thee?", Charleston Daily Mail, p. P1D.
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“President Ford used humor a great deal.”
Gail Russell Chaddock (January 3, 2007) "Congress tries Ford's way - The late president's emphasis on compromise is recalled as the 110th Congress is set to convene", Christian Science Monitor, p. 1.
“If you can laugh together, you can work together.”
Christine Arpe Gang, Scripps Howard News Service (August 7, 1995) "Healing gift of humor isn't a laughing matter: Chuckling is linked to good times, good health", Houston Chronicle, p. 8.
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Steve Lowery (October 23, 1993) "What's So Funny? Humor Comes Under Harsh Glare of Political Correctness", Press-Telegram, p. C1.
“You wouldn't want Alan Greenspan to write the instructions for assembling a beach chair.”
Chicago Tribune staff (June 25, 1995) "Think About It", Chicago Tribune, p. 3.
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San Antonio Express-News staff (September 14, 2007) "Consumer's Edge", San Antonio Express-News, p. 10F.
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Janet Cawley (September 22, 1988) "The Joke's On George, Mike, Dan and Lloyd", Chicago Tribune, p. 23.
Warren St. John, The New York Times (May 28, 2005) "Wit's end: The death of the joke - Old-style wisecracks are passe in an age of decreasing attention spans, political correctness and the Internet", The Orlando Sentinel, p. E1.
David Uhler (November 10, 2006) "Consumer's Edge", San Antonio Express-News, p. 01F.
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Thomas J. Brazaitis (March 14, 1992) "Comics' Barbs Keep White House Hopefuls On The Run", The Plain Dealer, p. 4A.
“I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.”
Cheryl Lavin (June 10, 1991) "Something Weird", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. 1D.
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Ventura County Star staff (November 1, 2008) "Famous lasting words about elections - From Will Rogers to Yogi Berra, immortal quotations for Tuesday", Ventura County Star.
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Henry J. Waters III (March 19, 2007) "The Tribune's View: Shield law - Stand up, Mr. Gibbons", Columbia Daily Tribune.
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Variante: Every morning I get up and look throught the Forbes list of the richest people of America. If I am not there, I go to work.
“Wall Street is where prophets tell us what will happen and profits tell us what did happen.”
Greg Heberlein (September 28, 1986) "'Doctor' Lefevre Seeks Cure For Hospitalized Bull Market", The Seattle Times, p. C2.
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“Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.”
Elizabeth Kastor (May 6, 1987) "The Jokers Take Heart - Pundits Ponder The Implications", The Washington Post, p. B1.
Lou Cannon (January 17, 1983) "Is the Presidency Really So Fragile That Leaks Can Destroy It?", The Washington Post, p. A3.
Gail Russell Chaddock (December 9, 2005) "Backstory: Serious business of jokes in politics", Christian Science Monitor, p. 20.
“What bothers me about television is that it takes our minds off our minds.”
Tom Waller (March 13, 1991) "Neighbors Grapevine", Wisconsin State Journal, p. 1.
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Kevin Merida (January 15, 1989) "The Bush Inauguration - The 'real George Bush' -- exhibiting confidence and an unpretentious, fun-loving touch -- emerges from Reagan's shadow", The Dallas Morning News, p. 1M.
“The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it.”
Henry Allen (January 4, 1979) "Life in the Laugh Factory", The Washington Post, p. B1.
Leslie Berger (January 28, 1982) "A Little Night Humor", The Washington Post, C1.
Claudia Buck (May 26, 1986) "Humorless Election Year Is Nothing To Laugh At", Sacramento Bee, p. A1.