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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When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire.
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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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Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling.
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Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.
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The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier.
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Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!
