Dick Van Dyke Quotes
I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.
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I absolutely love my son and family - they are my life and always come first.
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People think I'm against critics because they are negative to my work. That's not what bothers me. What bothers me is they didn't see the work. I have seen critics print stuff about stuff I cut out of the film before we ran it. So don't tell me about critics.
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It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different.
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As a human, if you're in a scary situation, you pretty much forget about everything else! You just try and survive.
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I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.
