Peter Falk Quotes
It became the joke of the neighbourhood. If the umpire ruled me out on a bad call, I'd take the fake eye out and hand it to him.
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One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm not focusing on the job. The job is to make a good movie.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.
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What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
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I believe we should extend our care and concern to all living creatures with whom we share this planet. … Animals give me a window into a world that is different from our own, but every bit as meaningful. … I can’t imagine what life would be like without animals. They bring me happiness and a sense of calm and peace.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
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All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?
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My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.
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It became the joke of the neighbourhood. If the umpire ruled me out on a bad call, I'd take the fake eye out and hand it to him.
