Joey Bishop Quotes
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I think we have the best women's division on Smackdown Live. But, I miss Charlotte like a son of a gun. She's my favorite person to be in the ring with. She's the most incredible talent, and she keeps improving. When you've got a talent like that who's always stepping up their game, it always keeps you stepping up your game.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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I'm very happy alone.
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I think it's an enormous blessing to be the child of an immigrant who fled oppression, because you realize how fragile liberty is and how easily it can be taken away.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.
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Fortunately we've been shooting in North Carolina which means we're not in LA where you can hear people talking about you and you know so much about what's going on in the business.
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In life, be a participant, not a spectator.
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As a judge, I hire four law clerks each year. I look for the best.
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The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to the will of man and have been made subservient to his wants and enjoyments; I allude to steam and electricity, under whatever name the latter may be called.
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The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.
