Jake LaMotta Quotes
When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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I don't think about fights that didn't happen.
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Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-sharing.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
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I'm from a small town in North Carolina and went to a small college and didn't think that someone like me could make a living in L.A. doing comedy. I worked hard, especially in college, but at that age, you don't know what's next.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
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The only way to find peace is when you are not separated, when you are not fighting, when you part of the whole.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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When you go to a Japense wedding, make sure that you tie the ribbon on the present tightly because if you don't, you may imply that you don't think the marriage will last.
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I was really crying the morning after the indication. However I am over that now. Nevertheless, I am proud for it to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. But I've got two copies of the guitar now, to remind of the original Teardrop.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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When you're No. 1 contender for five years, and you know who's controlling things, you'll do something you're not proud of.
