Gene Wilder Quotes
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
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Eating local is a relatively new concept in American dining; for the Italians, it's a way of life.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.
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After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'
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I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock.
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I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.
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The only way to build hope is throuhgh the Earth.
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If you can't make money from attention, you should do something else for a living.
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I never had one day that I didn't want to be on the ice, because I always had an objective for that day. I had a rigorous plan and schedule in place that I had to adhere to. It was a step-by-step process of slowly but surely inching toward the Olympic Games and using every day as a series of goals to be accomplished.
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I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
