Merv Griffin Quotes
Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.
Quotes to Explore
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains.
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I want to play James Bond – are you kidding me? I'm putting my name in the ring!
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The pleasure from acting comes from having great writing to work with. If it's well written and the character is interesting, then, as an actor, that's the raw material I need.
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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
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I'm always working. I work wherever I am.
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What agent is there other than the Creator of the heavens and earth who can know whatever occurs in our heart, down to its most subtle and secret thoughts, and illuminate the future for us by establishing the Hereafter, saving us from the countless suffocating waves of the world?
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That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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The whole point of bike-sharing is to give New Yorkers another way to commute. A lot of folks in Bay Ridge work in downtown Brooklyn or other parts of the borough. For them, it would make more sense to hop on a Citi Bike than to wait for a train or a bus.
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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I would say divorce, breaking up, being a child of divorce, any of those things are always very challenging.
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In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.
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I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes and run. It's not as much fun, physically. But emotionally, it's way more fun. I am so much happier and contented and less agitated - I'm just calmer. So it's like everything in this human existence, it's a trade off - it's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit. That's a good line. I have to remember that!
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Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.
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As they say, when a man begins to have bad luck, even clabber can break his head.
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I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.
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Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident.
