Martin Short Quotes
David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
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The highest compliment I could ever receive about my kids - and I can say that this does happen frequently - is when the in-flight crew say to me, 'Your children are wonderful. They are so well-behaved.' Every time I am told that, I could weep.
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Every single person suffers; every marriage has some major battles. Life pulls you in different directions. But if you try, and you're lucky, you can find your way back to each other.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal immigrants and give pardons to criminals who were perhaps a little less rehabilitated than he had imagined.
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I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they say that they saw that movie ten times. There's something they like and identified in that movie, and I don't see it.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars.
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Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
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In 2006, I became the fist American to be allowed to go visit their astronaut center in China in Beijing. I think that it makes sense for the U.S. to work with China in the future and I hope to see, if the political atmosphere between the United States and China allow for us to do more cooperation together, especially in the area of human space flight. I think in the same way that it's help improve the relations between the U.S. and Russia; it would help to improve the relations between the U.S. and China.
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It was to be a short visit for the G-shevs. More than four days in the U.S. and Raisa's VISA card bill would shatter the fragile Soviet economy.
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St.Patrick's Day is named for St. Patrick, the first guy to feed Guinness to a snake.
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David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
