S. J. Perelman Quotes
This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.
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I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to. I've always played with other musicians. It's how I play, there's no joy for me in playing on my own, bashing away. I need a bass, a piano, guitar, whatever, and then I can play.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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I feel the president is ignoring the opinion of many in the U.S. and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration, and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view.
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This medal (the National Book Award) together with my American Express card, will identify me worldwide ... except at Bloomingdale's.
