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Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice.


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STEVE HARVEY I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobio...
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HARVEY PEKAR Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers wh...
DOUG HARVEY Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.
HARVEY MACKAY Kids go to school; we develop them at school. We develop them later on in the workplace so that we g...
GERRY HARVEY I don't want to play myself up as a hero, because it would make me unbelievable. I'd rather ...
HARVEY PEKAR I'm going to take this God-given gift of being funny, and I'm going to spread it out like pe...
STEVE HARVEY I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And...
HARVEY PEKAR There is no Internet business in furniture or bedding. Zero - practically in the world.
GERRY HARVEY A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that...
STEVE HARVEY In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ...
HARVEY MACKAY . . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has be...
WILLIAM HARVEY A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
HARVEY MACKAY For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
HARVEY MACKAY It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
HARVEY MACKAY There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wing...
WILLIAM HARVEY Men can cheat because there are so many women willing to give themselves to a man who doesn’t belo...
STEVE HARVEY Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture an...
HARVEY KEITEL As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the...
HARVEY MACKAY To say any method used in this case is unique such that it is a signature crime by any particular in...
BRUCE HARVEY He's spending all this cash. He certainly didn't make it on a mayor's salary. He has to explain it f...
BRUCE HARVEY You got a lot of smoke, and not a lot of fire. Everybody's out front taking money and at least using...
BRUCE HARVEY They're acting a lot on what people might think about Bill Campbell, but when the rubber meets the r...
BRUCE HARVEY That human bond has to be there. It can't become impersonal. These are people they deal with everyda...
BRUCE HARVEY