Jerry Lewis Quotes
I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
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If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.
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If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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If I go out in the open ocean environment, virtually anywhere in the world, and I drag a net from 3,000 feet to the surface, most of the animals - in fact, in many places, 80 to 90 percent of the animals that I bring up in that net - make light. This makes for some pretty spectacular light shows.
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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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It is a common observation, that the more solicitous any people are about dress, the more effeminate they are.
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Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.
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I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. I get up early in the morning and go to work. I love to write.
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I was a political science major in college and dreamed of being a diplomat.
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I started horse-riding when I was a child and still try to go as often as I can.
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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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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.
