Dick Van Dyke Quotes
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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It's been so difficult to watch people criticize me and my intentions.
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God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.
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I'm, like, everybody's friend. I'm one of those dudes. I can be friends with anybody. Any race of person, any personality, I can kind of deal with them. I accept different types of people.
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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
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I hate being too pretty.
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Quiet is the new loud.
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It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
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A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
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When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.
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I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.
