Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavettis an American television personality and former talk show host notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth19 November 1936
CityGibbon, NE
CountryUnited States of America
intellectual labels misunderstanding
To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.
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Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.
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To call New York's traffic at holiday time a nightmare is to understate.
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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn't ailing.
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I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
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Japanese is sort of a hobby of mine, and I can get around Japan with ease.
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Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.
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In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.
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I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power.
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I have a long list of things that make me mad.
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I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly.
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It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news.
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While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo.