Mel Brooks Quotes
Sheriff Bart waking up a drunk Jim in jail: Are we awake?Jim 'The Waco Kid': We don't know. Are we black?Sheriff Bart: Yes we are.Jim 'The Waco Kid': Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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Just try to get the puck and make plays, not so much worry about scoring or getting an assist or points, just try to get it and make plays. That should take care of itself.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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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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Wars should be fought with words, not bombs, not weapons. And calm words. I think that wars should be fought over a chessboard and a cup of something to drink.
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I've had chronic back pain since I was a preteen - like, 12. I have really funny posture. I developed this funny posture where I hunch my back a little bit when I'm playing, and I overuse my back muscles instead of my abs. My posture has put a lot of strain on my lower back.
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Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it’s music, not words, that provides power.
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I think the best way to control a population is to urbanize and to educate women. We have seen historically in many, many countries that once women are educated and have opportunities, and that happens when they live in cities and once they improve their economies, they no longer want to have eight kids.
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It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease as a part of 'God’s Plan' or the greater good — and clinging to ancient texts that preach ill-concealed bigotry and sexism. Instead, we should find ways to make this life happy and satisfying, without regard to the unknowable nature of an afterlife.
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Sheriff Bart waking up a drunk Jim in jail: Are we awake?Jim 'The Waco Kid': We don't know. Are we black?Sheriff Bart: Yes we are.Jim 'The Waco Kid': Then we're awake, but we're very puzzled.
