Jerry Stiller Quotes
I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.
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When working with classical musicians, it is important to be clear as possible in the score about what my intentions are. Because there isn't a lot of rehearsal time, especially at the ballet, it's best if everything is written in the score.
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Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.
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I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.
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People don't have fun making music all the time.
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I ask myself why I do it. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.
