Jerry Lewis Quotes
Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.
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One of the important qualities that I think is often overlooked is just energy. It's vitality, and sort of a life force that some people have and others don't. Probably that is connected to a love of whatever it is that they're doing. Another quality that I think is central is confidence. Again, some people are more blessed with that than others.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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In New Mexico... I may have vetoed more legislation as governor of New Mexico than all the other governors in the country combined.
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I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.'
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Interviews are vital, but you cannot allow an interviewer to take your life and disturb it.
