Dick Van Dyke Quotes
I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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When I'm not on a crazy schedule, I'll try to do yoga or the gym once or twice a week.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
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My dad was a huge big band and jazz fan, and we both sort of enjoyed be-bop, but man, it required so much skill to play it. And then there was cool jazz, the era that Miles, Coltrane, and Ornette ushered in, and that found a home in me. It turns out that that music was just really where I breathed.
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There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
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I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America.
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I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
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I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.
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If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.
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Because of my childhood where I was constantly by myself, I always feel lonely. I have a lot of people that I absolutely love and I know love me but I can't get rid of that feeling of loneliness no matter who I'm with - even with my children.
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I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
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Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.
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J. R. Smith's incredible, man, just incredible off the bench.
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My purpose is far greater than my pain.
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I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.
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I think whenever people talk about the 'Anna Sui woman,' they're talking about someone that's probably kind of more downtown, and there's always like this ambiguity: Is she a good girl, or a bad girl?
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I've always been a huge Butthole Surfers fan. The first time I saw them was in the early '80s when all they had out was their first EP. I thought they were amazing. They've always been a huge influence and one of my all-time favorite bands.
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His neighbor is a tooth-drawer. That bag at his girdle is full of the teeth that he drew at Winchester fair. I warrant that there are more sound ones than sorry, for he is quick at his work and a trifle dim in the eye.
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When you depart from me sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave.
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You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer.
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I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'
