Fred Willard Quotes
It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think its important to start the day with a proper breakfast.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
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I think that sometimes people talk about disruption, and I've seen tons of startups come in as disruptors and then disappear. And I think what we need to do as an industry is think about a world that is dominated by mobile and software and not extrapolate from what was. And I think a lot of big companies tend to want to do that.
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Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. When you choose to love, you choose to work miracles.
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What I'm doing is trying to get kids to pay attention, to look at the physical world more, and to question everything. I am trying to get kids out of the house and away from screens.
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It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.
