Jonathan Winters Quotes
I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid.
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first teacher who said I was a good writer - and I'd never heard that before. And so I remember that, and I remember that level of loving the material and really loving writing about it.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.
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The state-initiated referendum has always been a part of this anti-democratic logic. Stop the talk, we're going to decide, yes or no. At this point the citizen's role is to wave one flag or the other and cheer for one side of the simple question or the other. In other words, we're reduced to children.
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I have a brass bed that's very 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.' I got it on eBay. It's from the early 1900s.
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In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.
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I did not see his face, because he was all covered with blood.
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I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently.
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I've done for the most part pretty much what I intended - I ended up doing comedy, writing and painting. I've had a ball. And as I get older, I just become an older kid.
