Melvyn Douglas Quotes
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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I get homesick.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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Actors aren't all the same. They have very different skills. There are actors of intellect who are very thoughtful about everything they do... and then there are actors of instinct who don't know what they're doing until the cameras roll... My father was actually quite thoughtful about what he did, while my mother was much more instinctual.
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It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.
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Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17.
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I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts.
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Rejoice! Rejoice!
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People seem good while they are oppressed, but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn: life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
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Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.
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To me, 'Warrior' was a real turning point - probably one of the greatest experiences I've ever had as an actor on set.
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I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.
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In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
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Standup comedy is inordinately difficult. If doing something else for a living will make you equally happy, choose that instead. I'm serious. Comedy is punishing.
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I think someone like Jack Kirby, for instance, would suffer greatly in the transition from print to digital were he still around.
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It don't take long to kill things. Not like it does to grow.
