Jerry Stiller Quotes
My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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People - and dogs - are dying to be trained.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.
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A lapse in judgment is not a crime.
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The best thing about being from Britain is that it's a melting pot of cultures, characters, and creativity. I couldn't imagine coming from anywhere else.
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No, I'm not going to retire. Not going anywhere. I'm focused on the UFC. It's the biggest stage.
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There's always a need at a critical time for poetry.
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Since Kate Middleton came around, some people think I'm related to her, but unfortunately, there's no connection.
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'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends.
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I've done truth to power all my life. It's got me into trouble, but who cares?
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My father and mother - I figured if I could make them laugh, they'd stop fighting. I stole all their material.
