Matthew Perry Quotes
When I was, like, 15, I realized there could be a career in making people laugh - like, you could get paid to do it. That was insane to me.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I don't have many friends.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.
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Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
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Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.
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I have met too many people who are looking for work, worrying about their mortgage, uncertain about their health insurance, and doubting that things will get any better anytime soon. Not just concerned about the present, many of us are doubting the future.
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For me, the characters are part of the story, and come out of its development. I don't base them on people, or parts of people – the Frankenstein method. I base them on what I've noticed about the human race. … I cannot tell you how stories develop. I have an initial idea, and start telling myself the story, day by day.
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When I was, like, 15, I realized there could be a career in making people laugh - like, you could get paid to do it. That was insane to me.
