Dave Barry Quotes
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
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A Bollywood hero, for most people, has been a Raj, a Rahul or a Prem... it's now a part of the psyche.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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You can never predict a hit or a flop, but it's about what you are happy doing as an actor. Every actor comes with his or her own mindset.
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Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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I am an Indian, so I do yoga.
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The United Nations has a proud record of helping millions of people in mine-affected countries.
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I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I think one day I have to be in a fat suit.'
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I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.
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Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
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I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons.
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My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.
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When I was coming up, it was the golden age. It was Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, and Reese Witherspoon was starting. You really had, 'Who is America's Next Sweetheart?' every couple of years. And then this sort of bromance slacker thing took over.
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I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry - you would do things that people will remember forever like 'The Brothers' which I did in the '70s and now 'Doctor Who' - I'd have been overjoyed and I still am.
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A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
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We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
