Jerry Lewis Quotes
I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.
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At night I can write for hours.
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Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.
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I was very focused, driven, rigid, work-oriented. I didn't care about having a family or making a home. I didn't think about kids. It's not that I didn't want those things, I just didn't think about them. And then I had someone who came in as a tornado, this creative, beautiful ball of insane energy and passion. And it completely opened me up.
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Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.
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I'm really not thick-skinned - my wife will tell you that I take sunsets personally - but I know that I've got the belly for whatever comes down the pike. I think it's tenacity. You've been there before, and you just have to recall, 'How did I handle that one?'
