Kirk Kerkorian Quotes
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Humanity will live as long as there are humans.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
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A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.
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In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.
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If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.
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I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused and gave me something to believe in and a sense of self-worth and a discipline was music.
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Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
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The main aim of the Palestinians is to destroy the state of Israel.
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So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.
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I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'
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I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A Fair Tax would replace all federal taxes on personal and corporate income with a single national tax on retail sales, while a Flat Tax would apply the same tax rate to all income with few if any deductions or exemptions.
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
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I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.
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Desistance from sin makes one entirely happy.
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The essence of love is getting out of oneself and into others. When we care less about our feelings, our rights, our happiness, our security, etc., and begin to concern ourselves with the feelings, rights, happiness, and security of others, we will have found the true power of love.
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When I die, I want to come back as Bobby Layne's chauffeur.
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If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.
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If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.
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If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.
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Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.
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We wince at the brutality of parents who ship their young kids around to perform for adults at the expense of their childhood - but, then, that was Mozart’s childhood, and though by the end Mozart may have wished for less attention as a kid performer and more as a grownup composer, he never for a moment wished not to be Mozart.
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It was so boring, and 'Dragonheart' was so unchallenging - there was no research involved or any rehearsal. So I was in my hotel room every night with no English-language TV except 'Beavis and Butt-head' at 10 o'clock every night.
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I'm a very passive investor.
