David Merrick Quotes
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I never got hurt when I was in Morocco doing all the horse riding and my own stunts. But on the last day on the last shot I slid off my horse and landed on my bottom. I did not get hurt but it was very embarrassing.
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The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.'
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The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.
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I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.
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I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.
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Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
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I would love to do Broadway again.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
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'Winner' is a commercial family entertainer with a strong emotional core. Teju couldn't hold back his tears after watching the movie. The horse race portions were mostly shot in Turkey.
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When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking, and you're over or you're not over. It's much the same when you are doing a tricky thing with a pen. There are times when I'm writing very, very fast.
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When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.
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You can't get angry with a horse. They will get angry and frisky with you.
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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
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President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.
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If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.
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A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
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The right, uplifted foreleg of the horse Suggested that, at the final funeral, The music halted and the horse stood still.
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A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.
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If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones.
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My father lead by fear. I did what my father said ‘cause I was scared of getting my ass beat. His voice rang so vividly in my head. That it was just…a fear.
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Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass That every braggart will be found an ass.
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I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter.
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Knots Landing is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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There's a horse's ass for every light on Broadway.
