Kirk Douglas Quotes
Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
Quotes to Explore
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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At 32, I kind of thought I was past the point where I was gonna get a break that really changed my life overnight.
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Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.
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Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.
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Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.
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There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.
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Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
