Dick Van Dyke Quotes
I have a beautiful, young wife who sings and dances, so there's a lot of duetting going on at my house.
Quotes to Explore
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I don't like talking to celebrities.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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Basically the school system sets you up with what it wants to set you up with. They're really good at it. I think they're too good. Problem is, what they're doing is conditioning kids to merely accept the culture at hand. But the rebels won't accept it.
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The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
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I like sci-fi that is not entirely impossible.
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I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do the thing itself you don't have to hire a lot of people to sit down and write a book, so that was the story-telling medium that was available to me.
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When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.
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I have a beautiful, young wife who sings and dances, so there's a lot of duetting going on at my house.
