Gene Wilder Quotes
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In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
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I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.
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If someone said, 'You can go live in this little town in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and all you've got to do is sing for us,' I would do that. That's more exciting to me than the prospect of going on some national tour, where you're going to play arenas or sheds every night, because of the crushing repetition of that kind of line.
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The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
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My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.
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In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.
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The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
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I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.
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My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour.
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It is crucial to be healthy, for pain wipes out the possibility for pleasure, and severe pain removes the possibility of turning to the world outside the body. So we must establish the idea that it is important to look well, not to look young.
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For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer.
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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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We've moved so much, and my life has been so inconsistent.
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In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.
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People tell me all the time I should stop and smell the roses, but I can't. I'm always thinking of what I can do to make what I have better and do more.
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And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace.
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When they were working on the movie 'Lone Survivor,' all I cared about was that it was done right to honor all of the guys.
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Since I don't smoke, I decided to grow a mustache - it is better for the health. However, I always carried a jewel-studded cigarette case in which, instead of tobacco, were carefully placed several mustaches, Adolphe Menjou style. I offered them politely to my friends: "Mustache? Mustache? Mustache?" Nobody dared to touch them. This was my test regarding the sacred aspect of mustaches.
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Our society does not give nearly enough credit to business leaders who create jobs, behave ethically and provide products and services that enhance our lives.
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I just desperately wanted to be thin. That's all I thought. I was obsessed with it, which it was ridiculous because I had everything going for me. I was following my dream. Everything I wanted at the time, I was getting. But I was obsessed with this other thing that was making me unhappy.
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I'm an actor, not a clown.
