Peter Falk Quotes
Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time.
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I'm as addicted to 'Power' as I am 'Empire.' I'm just grateful. We get a chance to have two phenomenal shows that we can enjoy. So when 'Empire' is over, 'Power' starts. When 'Power' is over, 'Empire' starts.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Whereas if you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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The smoothest curled courtier in the boudoirs of a palace has an animal nature, rude and aboriginal as a white bear.
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Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq's future is not.
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.
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I personally love Essie because they're such a good brush, and it's so easy to apply. I always go red. If I'm in doubt, I go red.
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To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them.
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In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.
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People would be surprised to know that I've gone to regular school my whole life and I don't have one friend who is an actor!
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Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute.
