Gene Wilder Quotes

I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.

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• In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'

  

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• In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.

  

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• Fashion breaks my heart.

  

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• I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.

  

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• One can not impede scientific progress.

  

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• When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.

  

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• Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.

  

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• I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

  

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• I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.

  

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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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• It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

  

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• Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

  

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• Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?

  

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• I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.

  

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• With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are off the street, untrained, and kind of horrible.

  

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• Their shields are black, their bodies dyed. They choose dark nights for battle, and, by the dread and gloomy aspect of their death-like host, strike terror into the foe, who can never confront their strange and almost infernal appearance.

  

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• I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.

  

  Gene Wilder
  • Pretty
  • Death
  • Philosophical