Jim Dine Quotes
I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny.
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
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It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.
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My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.
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I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.
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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
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Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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It's so funny: at 'SNL,' Bill Hader always kind of treated me like his little sister and would kind of, like, lovingly bully me.
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There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast.
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The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Laughter is eternity if joy is real.
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I'm a firm believer in karma. By doing good, good things eventually find you. I don't have an American Express Black Card, but I like to think that I would if I could fill it with karma points.
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My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work.
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I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.
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I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny.
