Dick Van Patten Quotes
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is why they have captured the investing public's imagination.
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Fixing a broken immigration system. Protecting our kids from gun violence. Equal pay for equal work, paid leave, raising the minimum wage. All these things still matter to hardworking families; they are still the right thing to do; and I will not let up until they get done.
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Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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I think that the future of currency is digital, and Bitcoin has a good shot at being the currency of the future.
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Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.
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I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City.
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I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We're the people closest to the people.
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It's more fun if you can control things like lighting and make special effects in the darkroom.
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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
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Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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You don't have to show a lot of skin to be beautiful.
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I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on.
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Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.
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John McCain once opposed these tax cuts - he rightly called them unfair and fiscally irresponsible. But now he has done an about face and wants to make them permanent, just like he wants a permanent occupation in Iraq. No matter what the costs, no matter what the consequences, John McCain seems determined to carry out a third Bush term...
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I really see Compton as a place with a lot of opportunity. It has a rich history, a strong community that has a strong sense of pride.
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If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
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There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting.
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I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.
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Fashion is not frivolous.
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I wasn't worried about unemployment.
