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“About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man.”

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Richard Dawson was a British-American actor best known for his performance on the television show 'Family Feud'. His career spanned film, television, and stage, and he was celebrated for his unique humor and versatility. more

“It's important to me that on 'Family Feud' I could kiss all the people. It sounds crazy but when I first came here Petula Clark was on a show with Nat King Cole and he kissed her on the cheek and eighty-one stations in the South canceled him. I kissed black women daily and nightly on 'Family Feud' and the world didn't come to an end, did it?”

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Author:Richard Dawson

“You wouldn't want to move if you sat next to me on the bus. Or maybe you would.”

Ifs Want Moving Next Sat Bus

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“Hogan's Heroes' lasted longer than the war.”

War Hero

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“I abhor grades - if a child does his best, that's all that should be asked.”

Ifs Should Children Doe Grades

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“And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel.”

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Author:Richard Dooling

“As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we're most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us.”

Ideas Sound Differences Dangerous Right Now Picks Offensive Associates Dangerous Things Dangerous Ideas

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“As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make - 'derive' - and trade them, we have to wonder: Are we living in a bad sci-fi movie? Is the Matrix made of credit default swaps?”

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Author:Richard Dooling

“I always wanted to be a writer... 'Critical Care' was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating 'Critical Care' for years. I would go for a whole year and not touch it. And then I'd go back to it.”

Years Firsts Whole Care Wanted Critical Whole Year

Author:Richard Dooling

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