Harold Ramis Quotes
I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
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Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.
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Oh, people will think what they think!...Don't ever choose the people who don't matter over the ones who do.
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The Tippoo still led the fight. ... Those gaudy stones made him a target for every redcoat and sepoy, yet he insisted on staying in the very front rank where he could pour his rifle fire at the stalled attackers, and his charms worked, for though the bullets flicked close none hit him. He was the Tiger of Mysore, he could not die, only kill.
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I’m always interested in films that are about extreme subject matters.
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You don't reward reaction; you reward results.
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I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
