Don Rickles Quotes
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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For me, I always try to make it to the final.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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And I think I have a distinct voice.
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Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
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I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
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I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.
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Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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The ties between the Obama White House and the hip-hop community are genuine.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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The flip side of suicide is that it leaves a lingering question in the minds of the people who survived. It's like a cancer that's metastasized. The suicide is the cancer and the metastasis is all these people saying, Why? Why? Why?
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It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to make the world a better place get together.
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France loves American cinema because when an American remake is successful, it makes us money to produce more French films.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.
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I think the danger is to just look through that lens, to lose a sense of perspective and rush toward harsh regulations that are unnecessary. Some regulation will be necessary, some changes in accounting rules.
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I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.
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I cannot tell a joke. But I can do a situation, that it becomes a joke.
