Jerry Lewis Quotes
The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, 'Please don't be nice to me. Just pay me.'
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
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There are 6 billion people in the world. It's hard to find the one person who's right for you.
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The people at Columbia Pictures have been great, but I had to tell them, 'Please don't be nice to me. Just pay me.'
