"My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted."
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"The dog's life is a good life, for a dog."
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"As anyone who's ever adopted a dog will tell you, there's always the fear that one day the birth parents will come scratching at the door."
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"If my dog wants to know why I didn't feed him this morning, he may want to rethink walking out of the room when I'm telling him a joke."
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"I love my dog, but since the kids came along, the petting has gone out of our relationship."
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"Our dog just wanders around the house with a concerned look on his face. Dogs are just people who can't find their phone."
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"I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument."
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"You know how people say they're either like a cat or a dog? I feel like a cat. I just want to be alone. Isn't that weird? It's a lot to take in."
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"We are not like dogs who are kind of "What am I going to eat today? Oh, there is a rabbit; I am going to go chase it.""
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"You know if there is a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you're probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you're probably gonna put your children out of the way. Doesn't mean that you hate all dogs by any stretch of the imagination."
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"In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money."
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"If someone sits and stares at you while you eat, you won't even eat the way you normally do, because it'll make you so uncomfortable. If I look at my dog when he's eating, he will look at me like, "Dave, I will bite you. What are you looking at? I'm trying to eat." It's something that dehumanizes a person, being on display like that."
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"Half of one per cent of the U.S. budget is space-related stuff. In Canada, we spend more on dog foodScreen Shot 2015-08-19 at 2.39.35 PM. Space flight is intrinsically international and very modern. It's like a co-op. Every country provides services. In Canada, we have a focus on robotics in the shuttle and space station. In exchange, we get research time for our scientists and astronauts' flights. Our contribution is as a junior partner."
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"I think [Ann Coulter] understands that, she's Pavlov's dog. She gets the corn kernel if she hits that drum once in a while."
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"I have a cottage near Aldeburgh, and from there its a sturdy two-mile walk across farmland to an empty beach, where I collect hag stones and run around with the dog. Im a keen walker, and I love Suffolks big skies."
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"I'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going to be out there, you owe it to people not to look like a dog if you can help it."
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"I'm in showbiz. I look at my boobs like they're show horses or show dogs. You've got to keep them groomed."
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"Many dogs can understand almost every word humans say, while humans seldom learn to recognize more than half a dozen barks, if that. And barks are only a small part of the dog language. A wagging tail can mean so many things. Humans know that it means a dog is pleased, but not what a dog is saying about his pleasedness."
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"Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand."
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"The proportionality of what has happened to America because of unemployment and housing makes everything else look like a flea on a dog's ass."
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