Oliver Herford Quotes
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer.
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When I was a child, I had wax in my ears. Dad didn't take me to the doctor, he used me as a night light.
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Doesn't it seem sometimes that the whole world's uphill but at least we know the way back will be easy.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
