Jack Roy (Rodney Dangerfield) Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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Building a proper wardrobe is like building a home. Indeed, you should think of it like a home, because it is something you're going to live in. It must be comfortable and suit all your needs.
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Perhaps because my relationship with my father went through such a long, bumpy time, it's been very important for me to work to try to keep lines of communication open between my sons and myself to try to avoid my father's mistakes. At least if you're making mistakes, make different mistakes.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.
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I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.
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It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
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It is personal issues that makes me do what I do, for I have been raped more than 50 times by just listening to what women who have confessed and confirmed their love for other women have been through.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.
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Cars and women are a lot alike. They lie about the milage.
