S. J. Perelman Quotes
Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions. This custom is called 'a conference'.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
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What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.
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Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.
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I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.
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Brad Pitt is amazingly talented and equally good-looking, too.
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In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.
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We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.
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We allow no geniuses around our Studio.
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Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
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Gymnastics is so huge in the Olympics. There are a lot of fans who want to see more.
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We don't have a jewellery background, so we just come up with these things that we wanna wear, that we wish were out there, you know?
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Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!
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Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
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Chileans have this rumor that they're great soccer players, but I stunk as a soccer player. I always had to hide my nationality when they were picking teams because, just by the look of me, they would think that I was a great soccer player.
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The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted.
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If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone declaring themselves a 'God-fearing Christian' or a 'Man of the people.'
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The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance.
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Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies.
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It may surprise you to learn that I take a certain pride, no matter how foolishly mistaken that pride may be, in making my own decisions for my own reasons.
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There may be no good reason for things to be the way they are.
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Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.
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One must observe the proper rites.
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Only the scenario writers are exempt. These are tied between the tails of two spirited Caucasian ponies, which are then driven off in opposite directions. This custom is called 'a conference'.
