Burgess Meredith Quotes
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I have learned to be patient.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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Of course, no one wants to ban the vote. Voting should remain available for sporting and recreational purposes. But certain types of votes clearly should be curtailed - 'assault votes,' for example, in which the only purpose of the vote is to harm others.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
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I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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Babies are wonderful, important things. Having kids, even the thought of having kids, is a big emotional deal. But sometimes it can cause people to change their financial plans and directions.
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I was very skinny. You know when your knees don't even look like they're attached to your body? Kids at school called me 'Snap,' like my legs were about to snap because they were so thin.
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It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So that they can help them with their homework and don't have to work two jobs.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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I get my competitiveness from my mom.
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Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em!
