Don Rickles Quotes
I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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I knew I wanted to do a show on NBC - it's rooted in its history; it's part rooted in nostalgia and part rooted in the potential of it. For me, there was no other choice.
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I came from a small town in Pennsylvania - where 'style' was whatever was new at the Gap. Being on 'Ugly Betty' at such a crucial time in my life sparked my love for the industry.
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Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.
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The genre of '80s action movies, I think, changed really when The Matrix came out and Keanu Reeves was able to perform kung fu. Then you had Matt Damon in the Bourne films, doing a great job. So it's different now, they can train actors to do their own fights convincingly on screen, so those guys aren't needed anymore. But I think everything goes around in circles; people still do want to see the guys that can do stuff for real, that's why The Expendables is so popular. I think it will come back again.
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I optimize for brands and people I enjoy spending time with - we've invested in Warby Parker, Glossier, Outdoor Voices, Bonobos - because if you're having a good time, you're inherently going to be better at what you're doing. Even the bad times are tolerable when you're working alongside people you respect and like.
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I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner.
