Peter Falk Quotes
There's a bit of a problem. The script that I like, the network doesn't like. The script that they like, I don't like.
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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I got a big mouth.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?
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Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.
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If you real from the heart, you real from the heart. That ain't got nothing to do with no sex or gender.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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'Django' was definitely the beginning of my political side, and I think 'Hateful Eight' is the... logical extension and conclusion of that. I mean, when I say conclusion, I'm not saying I'll never be political again, but, I mean, I think it's like, in a weird way, 'Django' was the question, and 'Hateful Eight' is the answer.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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Bundling finance, energy solutions, water solutions, traffic infrastructure, and all general urban infrastructures is too much of an ask for most developing cities.
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I have always said there is only one thing that can bring our nation down - our dependence on foreign countries for food and energy. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy.
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Truth is a great flirt.
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People say to me all the time, 'When did you know that you had fully become an American?' And I say, 'The day I realized I loved peanut butter.'
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I change my phone number, and with my soul shrunken by terror, I make the decision never to see Pablo Escobar again in my life. Overnight, I have stopped loving him.
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There's a bit of a problem. The script that I like, the network doesn't like. The script that they like, I don't like.
