Jerry Perenchio Quotes
I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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Your basic physical makeup does influence the parts you're offered. If you're big, they cast you either dumb or tough, although there are exceptions. Clint Eastwood and James Arness carved out niches for themselves in Westerns. I just hope I won't be faced with doing 'Li'l Abner' in dinner theater for the rest of my career.
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All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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I don't shoot guns. I don't know how to do that. I grew Upstate New York, so I fought with my fists.
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A substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.
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I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.
