Bert Kalmar Quotes
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The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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I make hits.
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
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It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
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Falling in love with landscapes is what L.A. women do. It doesn't necessarily imply betrothal or marriage.
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Unfortunately, I like to feel a little stubble when I kiss. Women are too soft.
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I love anything quiz related.
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When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.
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My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.
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So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
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It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town, out on the edge of the prairie...
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Every day I make predictions that don't come anywhere close to the mark.
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This is what being alive feels like, you know? The place doesn't matter. You just live.
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I hope that every film I make has something to offer in the area of making people feel either vindicated or different in terms of who they are.
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I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.
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People talk a lot of ballyhoo about suffering improving you. I should say that what it does is to underline what you were before.
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Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!
