Milton Berle Quotes
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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Network TV is such a difficult, competitive landscape.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When I hit the stage and people do not know who I am, they automatically assume, before I open my mouth, I am going to sing a Bob Marley song!
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
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Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I started playing the ukulele in the year 2000. That sounds so futuristic saying it like that. The year 2000.
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As the weeks went on, I realized there was an important role comedy would play in healing the tragedies of September 11. Comedy can help people cope, and many people were coming to the clubs to laugh out the stress.
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Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there.
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I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
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Remember, the greatest gift to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.
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I just bought a great gift for my boss - a leaky ant farm.
