Harvey Korman Quotes
Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Roosevelt was determined to stop Stalin from taking over Eastern Europe. He thought they finally had an agreement on Poland. Before Roosevelt died, he realized that Stalin had broken his agreement.
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Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.
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I'm a big fan of, like, wearing old, vintage slips and stuff as outdoor wear. I got, like, a pair of these little silk bloomers. I think they were even, like, considered underwear in the '40s. I wore them as shorts the other day.
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Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.
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I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.
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February days are a marketing gimmick; love happens every day.
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The chief requirement of the good life... is to live without any image of oneself.
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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Our aim is not just to remove our uniquely incompetent Government from office-it is to destroy the socialist fallacies-indeed the whole fallacy of socialism-that the Labour Party exists to spread.
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I sound like an old bullfrog when I sing.
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The history of art is not just the history of artists; it is also the history of the people who viewed art. And that wider perspective can help us see some of the reasons why the art of the ancient world should still matter to us.
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Insurrection ... never brings about the desired improvement. For insurrection lacks discernment; it generally harms the innocent more than the guilty. Hence, no insurrection is ever right, no matter how right the cause it seeks to promote.
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Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling... we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books can be taken on a journey and that hours of golden reading can so be added to its other delights.
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O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted,Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.
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When you can't put your finger on it, that's the most exciting stuff.
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Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept.
