"They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove."

-- Tony Curtis

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“If anybody ever called our number, it would be picked up in less than 2 rings with a friendly voice answering, "CD Baby." From 7 am to 10 pm, there was always somebody to pick up a call in 2 rings. No voice mail system; no routing to different departments. We treated our customers like our best friends. You don't route your best friend's call to an automated system!”
“There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.”
“I'm not sure what Essiac does to extend cancer survival, and for all we know it may not have this effect. On the other hand, it's not toxic and my patients have reported feeling good while taking it, so why not support them?”
“The great comfort in knowing that angels minister to believers in Christ is that God Himself sends them to us.”
“Disease may score a direct hit on only one member of a family, but shrapnel tears the flesh of the others.”

Source : Betty Rollin (2008). “Last Wish”, p.122, PublicAffairs
“It's disingenuous to say that criticism doesn't get to you or you don't hear it or that you ignore it. When everybody says, 'That's crap. I hated that,' you hear it. But it's much, much worse when they're right: when you feel that it is an absolute piece of tosh. I made the film I wanted to make, so you just have to find a way of getting over it.”
“It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.”
“While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness.”

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