Carl Reiner Quotes
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.
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Thread count is actually a lie. Just because a thread count is 1,500 on a set of sheets doesn't mean that they're well-made sheets. Truly, the quality of the cotton and the quality of the way something is woven is much more important than thread count.
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There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life: 1. Not finishing 2. Not starting.
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'Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world.
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Lust is easy. Love is hard. Life is most important.