Mel Brooks Quotes
When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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I was an English major in college!
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.
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I am a Facebook voyeur. I feel bad about it because I never put anything on there, but I find it fun to sit there and watch peoples' lives go by. Or whatever lives they're presenting.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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My first fear was about the devil, when I was around fire, something I saw in a movie. I think it's about pain, in whichever form it comes.
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My father has a great love of science, and he indoctrinated me into it early. I think I was 12 or so when we designed a moon base.
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I've twice accidentally stolen something, and both times I went back and paid for them when I realized I had done it.
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I always try to find something I like about the bad guys and then try to find the mistakes and the flaws in the good guys.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.
