Don Rickles Quotes
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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
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Throughout the day, I frequently use my iPhone to check 'Deadline Hollywood' and my Twitter feed, as well as the 'Daily Beast,' the 'New York Times,' 'Metsblog,' and 'Thejetsblog.'
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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We've got 942 friends on Facebook, but when was the last time we spent an afternoon sitting in High Park with one of them?
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.
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I like writing. It's partly control freak, and partly I really like what I do for a living. I have the luckiest job in the world. I can get up every day and do what I love for a living.
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You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.
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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
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Last year was a terrible year for both price and availability of construction materials. This year is more in line with historical norms, ... If there's a bright spot, that's it.
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The things we make have one supreme quality - they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives, and in each life they can mean different things. Which means that, while we all have one biography, they have many.
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To make a movie is very stressful, especially when you work with your father. You want to think the movie is good. Even when I don't work with my father, I want it to be good.
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A peace agreement isn't like a fairy story. You don't live happily ever after.
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By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.
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Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.
