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No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.


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FRAN DRESCHER I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.
FRAN DRESCHER I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.
FRAN DRESCHER Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
FRAN DRESCHER If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.
FRAN DRESCHER I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
FRAN DRESCHER Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.
FRAN DRESCHER I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
FRAN DRESCHER If I go to a concert or sporting event I usually go in a VIP entrance. And leave the same way.
FRAN DRESCHER And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.
FRAN DRESCHER Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reac...
FRAN TARKENTON None of us really pushes hard enough.
FRAN TARKENTON People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.
FRAN TARKENTON If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
FRAN TARKENTON The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completel...
FRAN KRANZ Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.
FRAN DRESCHER People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and y...
FRAN DRESCHER The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the '...
FRAN TARKENTON