Dick Van Dyke Quotes
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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Acting is in your soul.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Hits and flops are overrated.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I always enjoy working with an international crew and director. But on the set of a Hollywood action film – now that's a whole other world. The sheer grand scale of the way things are done over there makes me envious; it's just so different from the way things are done in Japan.
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I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I kind of just stumbled into producing. It was more that I was a writer, and the only way you were going to get your songs done was to do them yourself.
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I am in awe of Ruth Draper.
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'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
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I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre.
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The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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The thing I'm most proud of is my family, the way they've turned out.
