Jerry Lewis Quotes
There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done. Because the comedy I've done is to get to the audience, get them to feel it, or they won't laugh.
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No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there.
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We have this really retro vibe and style of songwriting and, personally, I wasn't embracing the current state of music until I fell in love with hip-hop. It felt good to suddenly embrace where music was headed, and I think hip-hop is the best at that, because it feels so progressive and everybody wants to be the best.
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I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.
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I was very friendly with Jimi Hendrix because my boyfriend at the time, Tommy Weber, was making a film about him, so I would go to all of his shows.
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The best design work is really done when you spend more time with people, when you have the opportunity to be of the same mindset and the same incentives as the founder of the business.
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Once you open up the Pandora's box of race and gender... you're never done.
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There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done. Because the comedy I've done is to get to the audience, get them to feel it, or they won't laugh.
