Bob Uecker Quotes
I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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Not everybody fantasizes about robbing a bank, but I think most people have that fantasy of being in a high speed chase.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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I have no ill will about anything.
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Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.
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People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.
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It's been a very remarkable year, and I feel very blessed. I lived an isolated lifestyle before the media. I lived a life of solitude and loyalty and commitment to my work. I just don't prioritize my life in the same way that other people do. The only thing that matters is my music and my performance.
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We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of our families. This is how we can create a more peaceful world.
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I've had an extraordinary life as a dancer. You tour the world, you see all the great capitals of the world, the beautiful old opera houses all over Europe - you go everywhere. As a teenager, I would always say, 'I can't believe this is happening to little me,' because it was always a dream to dance.
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The great thing about a name like 'Cougar Town' is that you hear it once and you remember it forever. It's a very 'loud' title. But there's a connection to the word 'cougar' that means a lot of people are going to be turned off right away by the title alone without even giving the show a chance.
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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
