Jerry Lewis Quotes
I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
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We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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From a social networking point of view, Pakistan is not very far away.
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Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.
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I'm not even on Facebook. I've got enough friends I never see. You know how you have a lot of friends you never call? I don't have time for new friends, and I don't want to be friends with someone only online.
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
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Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one.
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Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.
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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
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A chair, it's like a sculpture. It starts as a thought and then becomes an idea, something I might think about for years. When the time is right, I express it on paper, usually as a simple line in space. Finally, it takes shape.
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I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.
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I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.
