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To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing oth...

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I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

I think I have many spenglerian moods about the country, and that some day people will look back and...

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

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I get a kick out of people saying I was funny.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won’t either.

The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant ...

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The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.

There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and L...

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Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. ...

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If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stan...

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When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars...

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I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of...

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Dick Cavett

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Born: 1936-11-19

Died: N/A

Richard Alva Cavett (born 19 November 1936) is an American television talk show host known for his conversational style of in-depth discussion on often serious issues.More

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