Fred Willard Quotes
I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Celebrities choose fame. Royals have it thrust on them.
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You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.
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None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.
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My dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly.
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I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.
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I never think I'm old enough to play someone's dad, even though I have a daughter of my own and a grandson.
