Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.
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Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
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So the greatest source of happiness is other people- and what does money do? It isolates us from other people. It enables us to build walls, literal and figurative, around ourselves. We move from a teeming college dorm to an apartment to a house, and if we're really wealthy, to an estate. We think we're moving up, but really we're walling off ourselves.
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I like it when I'm watching a movie which has a harmonious feeling to it. It's as if the environment puts you in the mood for the characters and story you experience.
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Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.
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I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home?
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The ideal Christmas gift is money, but the trouble is you can't charge it.
