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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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
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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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My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still use on airstrips. They had faith in my ambition, and I think that made all the difference.
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It's 103 comedians, or however many it is, and how would everyone tell it. It's enough people of substance that it makes you think of the people who aren't there that are alive.
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I grow up in the States, in Miami, but I was born in Guatemala, and my father's Cuban, and in 'Body of Lies,' I played an Iraqi.
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Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!
