Dan Aykroyd Quotes
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I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
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The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.
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I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.
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I don't think that women being seen as inferior is a prejudice based on male hatred of women. When you look at history, it's a prejudice based on simple fact.
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Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.
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I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.
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You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules.