Fred Willard Quotes
I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal.
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But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.
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If I go out in the open ocean environment, virtually anywhere in the world, and I drag a net from 3,000 feet to the surface, most of the animals - in fact, in many places, 80 to 90 percent of the animals that I bring up in that net - make light. This makes for some pretty spectacular light shows.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
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I would go through phases of wanting to be a mermaid or a vet, but because I grew up around people who were always making movies, I guess it sort of just moulded my mind.
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Together, for over 50 years, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia have devoted themselves to Spain.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
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I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn't always an easy path, but it's worth going after. And I figure if a farmer's daughter from Iowa can become an astronaut, you can be just about anything you want to be.
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A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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At the end of the day, I'm not a bad person; I don't hurt anyone.
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My husband is the first man to consistently be involved in the Senate Spouses group.
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I guess the essence of my comedy is to get into a very abnormal situation but act like it's normal.
