Joey Bishop Quotes
You know how Van Nuys got its name? Well, one day my little old Jewish mother was visiting me, and I took her to the top of the Hollywood Hills and had her view the valley below just at sunset. Well, mama, what would you call that? And she said, Ver nize.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.
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I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.
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I played 15 years of hockey, and I got more injured doing two weeks of cheer camp.
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Our country has made a promise to our veterans: if you serve your country, then 'we've got your six.' We will have your back for life. I will always fight for the more than 250,000 veterans here in Arkansas.
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So it was just funny to read a script that was just similar to what had been going on in my life.
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
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You know how Van Nuys got its name? Well, one day my little old Jewish mother was visiting me, and I took her to the top of the Hollywood Hills and had her view the valley below just at sunset. Well, mama, what would you call that? And she said, Ver nize.
