Kirk Douglas Quotes
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.
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Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
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When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. I just stand there and sing. And I don't do stunts or anything. if I wanted to do all that, I don't think I'd get away with it.
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I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.
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The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.
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Obviously, you know, I am known as an action director, and being a film editor previously had been a great advantage for me as an action director.
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I'd love to be a part of 'Star Wars.' I'd be a Sith, of course - I'm English! We've got the voice, and it's perfect for the bad guys.
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When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.
