Joel Grey Quotes
I think there is a lot of loss in being a professional child actor. All of a sudden, you start to want to be an adult at the age of 8 or 9. I never did kid stuff, so to speak, so I was in many ways ostracized by the other kids. But I did get this other life, so it was a trade-off.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.
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I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.
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The best leaders in any enterprise see problems coming and stack the deck to prevent negative “what ifs” from happening. They also have contingency plans to take advantage of positive openings which occur in fleeting windows of time.
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Those who are enjoying something, or suffering something, together, are companions. Those who enjoy or suffer one another, are not.
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I think there is a lot of loss in being a professional child actor. All of a sudden, you start to want to be an adult at the age of 8 or 9. I never did kid stuff, so to speak, so I was in many ways ostracized by the other kids. But I did get this other life, so it was a trade-off.
