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I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Abstinence Always Am Ants Defenders Dubious Handful Idea Practice Shocked Since Still Surely Worst I Am

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The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Death Intolerable James Sudden

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Greatly talented performers don't know - often spectacularly - what's best for them, don't know what their talents really are, and don't know what's just plain wrong for them.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Best Greatly Just Know Often Performers Plain Really Talented Talents Them Wrong

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I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' as more of an exercise in anti-comedy than humor.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Always Despite Exercise Friends Humor Lost Love Mad Maintaining More Saw Stanley Sure Than World

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When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Any Car Distribute Door Enemies Farmer Front Front Door He His House Inside Kid Known Nebraska Passing Perceived Shotgun Trained Up Which Widely

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I know what it feels like to be a gun lover.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Feels Gun Know Like Lover

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There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: About Consider Members Must Nuts Other Plain Romantic Separates Society Something Sound Speak Terms Themselves Those Who

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There are online forms you can fill out to send to your lawmakers, demanding that nothing - nothing at all or in any way - be done about any guns whatever, anywhere.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: About Any Anywhere Demanding Done Fill Forms Guns Lawmakers Nothing Online Out Send Way Whatever You Your

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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.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Although Better Certain Going Guns Know Nobody Obama President President Obama Sites Some Try Wants Web Web Sites

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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?'

~Dick Cavett

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: November 19th, 1936

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