Jimmy Durante Quotes
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I've trained my people in mentoring entrepreneurs and made myself obsolete.
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A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
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People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistani TV is progressive, and hence, characters that are shown are of today as well.
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When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers and makes it easier for society to commit them to combat.
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The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opposition than from his fervent supporters.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.
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I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.
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A totally unmystical world would be a world totally blind and insane.
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With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them.
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One is born to be a great dancer.
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No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.
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What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
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In the seventh grade, I was about to leave wearing a jumper, when my mom said she could see my panty line. So I just wore stockings. That day I broke my ankle, and the EMS cut my tights off. I got a full cast with no stockings on and no panties.
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Probably in all our history no foe has been so detested as were the Japanese. Emotions forgotten since our most savage Indian wars were reawakened.
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Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
