Dick Van Dyke Quotes
I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.
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When I am in Egypt, I am along for the ride - I am a privileged outsider, but an outsider nonetheless.
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When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.
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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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The thing is that we live in a presidential system with a parliamentary constitution. Congress has a lot of weight in Brazil, and the president cannot always do when he wants; he does what he can.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.
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Being solicited on LinkedIn is a real thing that happens.
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I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.
