Jerry Lewis Quotes
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.
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The groundhogs are pretty good at eluding. If somebody is trying to come after a ground hog, they go and they burrow.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did.
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Personally, I'm a V-neck guy.
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Love songs are all about how I'll move a mountain for you and I'll never hurt your feelings. I've never been given a mountain, and if you love me, you should hurt my feelings sometimes. If I walk outside looking ugly in that shirt, you don't love me if you don't hurt my feelings a little bit and tell me.
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Getting attention is my business. My whole life's predicated on, 'Hey, look at me!'
