Jack Lemmon Quotes
If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.
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I think studies are really important and shouldn't be compromised.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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Norma Bates is insanely crazy, but you can't help but love her.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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I've never tried to be something I'm not.
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At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.
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What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. She's the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So I'm very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And I'm still dazed that she's gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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Because the world today is so constructed that no one can do what he would like to do, and he is forced, instead, to do what others wish him to do. Because the question of money always intrudes – into what we do, into what we are, into what we wish to become, into our work, into our highest aspirations, even into our relations with the people we love!
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All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.
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My wife likes me better when I'm writing. It centers me and makes me more calm. When I go a long time without writing, I start getting frustrated.
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If I'd been bright, I'd have realized that I was horribly uncomfortable, amazingly frustrated, and like any sensible person, I'd have quit. But it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be successful eventually.
