Fred Willard Quotes
Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!'
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I was a tomboy and didn't pay too much attention to my clothes.
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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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Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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You can't move the sun, and you can't even move the tracks, so you have to do something else to better light the engines.
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First, one scrambles for wealth. Then, one luxuriates in mocking the effeteness that comes with it.
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The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.
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Comedy relieves you. A lot of times, we think we're the only people bothered by certain things. Then you hear a comic say, 'Don't you hate it when...' And it's, 'Oh, my God! Of course!'
