Kirk Douglas Quotes
You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.
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I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.
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I'm surrounded by friends and family who are not that impressed by celebrity. They don't have any problem telling me I'm acting like an idiot or I'm not that funny.
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The sucker’s trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don’t know, rather than the reverse.
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Alvin had met true evil in his life, but he still persisted in thinking it was awful rare, and the word was bandied about too much by those who didn’t understand what real badness was.
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It was easy to cover up ignorance by the mystical word 'intuition.'
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Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
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If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
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With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.
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A job is something you do for money. Your life's work is done for a bigger purpose... And when you manage to find that work - that's when it starts feeling like play.
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Beyond providing some level of scrutiny of Kenyan MPs, we built Mzalendo to demonstrate that there is only so much bemoaning you can do about your representation.
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I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.
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A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.
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We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend to support the United Nations organization with all the power and resources we possess.
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Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked.
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To me, having kids is the ultimate job in life. I want to be most successful at being a good father.
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You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.
