Dick Van Dyke Quotes
When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
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I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.
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Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
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You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
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Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said, 'and you should be able to hold their attention.'
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My problem with my parents growing up was not that I was afraid to cry in front of them - they always wanted me to cry because they wanted me to be okay, but it felt kind of icky and gross to cry in front of my parents. So my problem was the polar opposite - I didn't want to cry in front of them because I didn't want to give them the satisfaction.
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When I get some budding young comic who'll come up to me and say, 'What was it like to do it in those days?' I try to be as gracious to him as Stan Laurel was to me.
