Mike Scully Quotes
I did a show called 'What A Country,' with Yakov Smirnoff and Don Knotts. I used to write jokes for Yakov's stand-up act.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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I want to do all roles. The sky's the limit.
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We need to tackle energy poverty.
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I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid.
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People come up to me sometimes and ask for a picture but don't even say hello. They sort of forget that I'm a person.
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The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as he Saddam Hussein is in power.
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Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long.
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And that's where I'm finally at today - my life is about being with my family. This is what's important.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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This is a racist country.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and Ninety-second streets. I had a little menagerie of my own, some pigeons, guinea pigs, and so on. On Saturday mornings, I had to take my music lesson. Then the members of my team used to come see my menagerie.
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I did a show called 'What A Country,' with Yakov Smirnoff and Don Knotts. I used to write jokes for Yakov's stand-up act.
