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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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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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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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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If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
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When it comes to meetings and preparing for that, it doesn't matter if it's a meeting with the U.N.; with a large operator, CEO, or chairman; or if I have an internal meeting - in all cases, I know that the energy and the engagement in every discussion is extremely important.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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But you shall not escape my iambics.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
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Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
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Uninsured care happens in this country, and here's the problem. It's not properly accounted for. The people who pay for uninsured care at the moment are the hospitals and the doctors and all of the medical providers.
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I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.
