Vicki Lawrence
Singer, Actress
"The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope."
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Envelopes
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George R. R. Martin
Novelist, Screenwriter
"The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some."
Dorothy Parker
Poet, Writer, Critic
"Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available."
Rich Hall
Comedian, Writer
"The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves."
Vladimir Nabokov
Novelist
"Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish."
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"The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work."
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"I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it."
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"Her reputation for reading a great deal hung about her like the cloudy envelope of a goddess in an epic."
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"There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope."
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"After 'Urinetown,' 'Avenue Q' and now 'Mormon,' is there an envelope remaining to be pushed?"
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"It makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their clients off I don’t know of any illegal behavior, but will people push the envelope and pitch lucrative and complicated products to clients even if they are not the simplest investments or the ones most directly aligned with the client’s goals? Absolutely. Every day, in fact."
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