Howie Mandel Quotes
We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.
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I don't care how smart a kid you are. The only way you learn what's not right is from experience.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
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I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals, and I never do that kind of stuff; I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow, and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.
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Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.
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Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.
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Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.
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Everybody has their own approach. I don't adhere to any one philosophy. I learn a lot from life and people - watching and other people watching.
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I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language.
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The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.
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I'm not a party person.
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The story is my favorite form.
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We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience.
