Merv Griffin Quotes
That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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When I stopped eating meat, I fell in love with East Indian food - there's so much selection, and they use the most beautiful spices.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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My real heroes have always been sportswriters.
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You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
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I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
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When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.
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I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.
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It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.
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I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.
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The DREAM Act was intended to benefit illegal immigrants who were brought here as children, the most sympathetic subset among our large illegal immigrant population.
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A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.
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There's something frightening about finding a woman who would take your heart.
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That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.
