Peter Falk Quotes
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I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.
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Imagination creates some big monsters.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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'Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties.
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf.
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I think sometimes I'm more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you're always hurrying. And sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. I'm here and there.
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Writing an encyclopedia is hard. To do anywhere near a decent job, you have to know a great deal of information about an incredibly wide variety of subjects. Writing so much text is difficult, but doing all the background research seems impossible.
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I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.
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I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes, and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute.
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I understand the frustration of the community, i want citizens to know exactly how it happened, and if necessary, I will ensure that we hold the right people accountable.
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I've always loved 'Bond.' There were two franchises that I would always have dropped everything to do as a director. 'Bond' was one; 'Star Wars' was other.
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I had to struggle with the language. I can understand Hindi now, but I still can't communicate. And things get lost in translation; I feel rejected all the time.
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I know I don't look edgy, but I have found that in my personality, I just have this natural energy that I enjoy edgier characters, and I really want a chance to sink my teeth into something like that.
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There isn't an Eskimo who doesn't love 'Columbo.'
