Don Rickles Quotes
I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.
Quotes to Explore
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Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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Fortunately for me I was able to do well here, and it really did great things for my career and now hopefully I can go out there and continue to do what I did.
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Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?
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Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day.
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I make no vows. I take my chance. … It means that I fear certainty as you fear uncertainty. It means that nothing is certain but uncertainty. If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation.
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I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A.
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I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.
