Phil Silvers Quotes
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk.
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I think William Trevor is as good as it gets. Whenever I want a book to do exactly what it says it will, I read him.
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What I'll take credit for is finding visionary people in the company, or bringing them in, and then empowering them to help me.
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Knowing was better than not knowing. But not by much.
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Dubbed as a Knight of the Order of Saint Sebastian, I espoused the cause of pure colour, which has been invaded by guile, occupied and oppressed in cowardly fashion by line and its manifestation; drawing in Art. I aimed to defend and deliver it, and lead it to triumph and final glory.
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We certainly weren't the only show that managed to be funny and engaging and relatable but never talk down to the audience. There have only been a handful of those that I can think of that aren't super-cheesy or sappy or way too kid-friendly. 'Boy Meets World' was special in that way.
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While everyone usually turns up late at Bollywood parties, I always reach these places on time and end up making a fool of myself.
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The fact is, Joe Isuzu is very successful at selling cars.
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I don't feel I'm thrown around by the winds of taste and fashion.`
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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour.
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I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.
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I had an unusual beginning in show business - I started at the top.
