Chuck Feeney Quotes
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.
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You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.
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Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
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Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face.
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Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that much. The measure is the work and how you think your work is perceived. How the museums are. How you are doing.
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I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.
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Go into something because you really like it, and then do it with a drive and enthusiasm so that it isn't work.
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How to become a millionaire? Become a billionaire first.
