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I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'
— Dick Cavett
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Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.
— Dick Cavett
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Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.
— Dick Cavett
Tags: pressure, reading, anger, good
The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.
— Dick Cavett
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Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.
— Dick Cavett
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I'm the only talk show host, I think, if there's such a category in, what's called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah.
— Dick Cavett
Tags: only, book, think, die
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