S. J. Perelman Quotes
FREEDLEY: Will I feel better after I take it? DR. FITCH (coldly): I, am a physician, Freedley, not an astrologer. If you want a horoscope, there's a gypsy tearoom over on Lexington Avenue.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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I have spent a lot of time listening to people who are serving life sentences and getting to know them and the circumstances of their lives. I have never met anyone serving a long prison sentence who had anything close to what I could call a childhood; instead, the upbringings always - always - involve extreme situations of poverty and abuse.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.
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You can become a winner only if you are willing to walk over the edge.
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I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
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I'm wondering if the crew [from'The Hateful Eight'] had some sort of nickname for me. I am blanking at anything truly funny, so I'll just say, 'No Phone Quentin'.
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All men who give up themselves in obedience unto God, they are received in Christ's obedience, viz. in the fulfilling of the obedience, the Jew and the Christian, and so likewise the heathen who has neither the law nor Gospel.
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FREEDLEY: Will I feel better after I take it? DR. FITCH (coldly): I, am a physician, Freedley, not an astrologer. If you want a horoscope, there's a gypsy tearoom over on Lexington Avenue.
