Harmon Killebrew Quotes
Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
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To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
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In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
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I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us.
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Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is the reason why I am more inclined to taking frequent sabbaticals: so that when I return, people can identify with the character I play.
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Wasting our time? This is a waste of time, to live in peace and plenty with my wife and children? May I waste the rest of my life, then.
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Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
