Bill Kurtis Quotes

People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

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• You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Movie
  • Parents
  • You

• At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.

  

  Val Guest
  • You
  • Comedy
  • Thought

• The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Future
  • Win
  • Season

• I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Life
  • Food
  • Cats

• Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Winter
  • Focused
  • Classic

• Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

  

  Gaston Bachelard
  • Life
  • World
  • Child

• The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Done
  • Movie
  • Change

• The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • Great
  • Beauty
  • Mountain

• In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Running
  • Air
  • Service

• I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Money

• I don't drink coffee.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Coffee
  • Drink
  • Drink Coffee

• I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.

  

  S. T. Joshi
  • World
  • Knows
  • Robert W. Chambers

• I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.

  

  Lana Wood
  • Actually
  • Divorced
  • Annulments

• In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.

  

  Carey Williams
  • Speak
  • Order
  • Number

• India may be a land of over a 100 problems, but it is also a place for a billion solutions.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • May
  • Problems
  • Place

• To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.

  

  A. A. Milne
  • Education
  • Three
  • Uneducated

• I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • People
  • Family
  • Know

• My big thesis is that although the world looks messy and chaotic, if you translate it into the world of numbers and shapes, patterns emerge and you start to understand why things are the way they are.

  

  Marcus du Sautoy
  • World
  • Why

• I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

  

  Eric Reed Boucher
  • People
  • Help

• I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.

  

  Donald Cerrone
  • People

• I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

  

  David O. Russell
  • Experience
  • Spiritual
  • Ego

• I'm an escapist. I'm not a planner; I've never made a decision about anything in my life. The good thing about Africa is that you can escape forever. You can do what you want without someone looking over your shoulder.

  

  Peter Beard
  • Life
  • Good
  • Decision

• People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.

  

  Bill Kurtis
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