Oscar Wilde Quotes
London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. It's like... malaria or something. Maybe it won't be cured, but you've got to take the medication you're prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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The notion of 'reduce and refine' is one I've pursued. I truly believe that by making things less complex, by finding innovative ways to make sustainability affordable, we can advance the notion that it is possible.
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Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
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Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.
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I have to be strong about my own tastes because I think that's what the director's job is.
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I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America.
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Israeli suffering has to be understood.
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Having so many close calls in my career, it was such an awesome feeling to get that first world title.
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London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs, I don't know.
