Jerry Lewis Quotes
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they build and bond with one another.
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I don't see why women have to get naked to sell an album. It's crazy.
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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Oh, I am such a nerd when it comes to music - I only listen to Broadway!
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Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.
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The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.
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It is always the teacher who must learn the most … or else nothing real has happened in the exchange.
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When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
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I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
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There is no historic incident better or more variously supported than the resurrection of Christ.
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I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things.
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If you get a wrinkle, I don't feel that's indicative of your losing ground. That's ridiculous.
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Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.
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When I arrived in Las Vegas, I felt I was embraced by it.
