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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Accept Crap Dispense Financially Long People Profitable Will

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Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Assume Doing Finances Handling He Knows Like Man People Show Show People Tend Treat

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Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Age Doing Now Picture You Yourself

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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Comedy Dame Every Least See Should Student Twice

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I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Another Anyone Audience Differently Ever Gets How Over Reaction Surprise Think

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I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Easy Pretty Think Write I Think

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I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Anything Away Became Been Block Caused Did Easy Give Had Hard Harder Might Once Others Reluctance Remained Sure Use Why Writing You Yourself

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Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a suspected column rat in the house.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Because Best Column Considered House Left Line Once Out Rat Suspected Then

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The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Act Administration Come Cops Eye Just Kept Nasty Nixon Often Our See Show Time Wanted Would

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There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Cause Comedy Does Much Streets Television

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: November 19th, 1936

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