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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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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I'm not a party guy, and I'm not a Hollywood guy, either.
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What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.
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The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.
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I'm not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we're not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don't seem hungry. We don't seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.
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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.
