Bob Newhart Quotes
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.
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I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
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I love wearing my hair curly, but turning the curling iron all the way up creates curls that look really made up and artificial.
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I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
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Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.
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From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
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I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.
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It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!
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You can never take a day off, because there's an All-Star on every team.
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An only child alone and wildA cabinet maker's son.His hands were meant for different workAnd his heart was known to none -He left his home and went his lone and solitary wayAnd he gave to me a gift I knowI never can repay.
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It is not decided by votes what is true; otherwise we could never come to any truth, ever. People will vote for what is comfortable - and lies are very comfortable because you don't have to do anything about them, you just have to believe. Truth needs great effort, discovery, risk, and it needs you to walk alone on a path that nobody has traveled before.
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Navigating a nonsober world of restaurants and bars, dinner parties, and benefits is like anything that requires practice. Like tennis or a foreign language, it gets easier the more you do it. But like all beginnings, it can be awkward. You stumble, you worry, and then there are unexpected moments of grace that give you the courage to keep going.
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For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day.
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I cook and wash, cook and wash. When I am done, the kitchen is like a mirror.
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I remember so well my father's complete concentration when he went to the studio. Everything he did, every movement he made, he did with complete concentration. Then, after he had finished work, he would go to the beach or whatever, and then he would enjoy play and forget about his work.
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That's important to me, to find the extraordinary inside the ordinary.
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The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.
