Wilson Mizner Quotes
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults but shy and awkward with other kids. I was quiet, bookish, and in spite of my size, hopeless at sports. In short, I was different. And even in the earliest grades, I got pounded for it.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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That first play I did in New York, Rogelio Martinez's 'When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba,' I played a young Fidel Castro.
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You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.
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Globalised manufacturing and procurement mean that a lot of high-polluting, heavy duty jobs are transferred to China. We will ask major companies, such as Wal-Mart, Microsoft and IBM to put pressure on their Chinese suppliers.
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One of the blessings I've had, really, for my entire career, is working with founders of companies, whether it was Bill Ziff at Ziff Davis or with Jerry Yang and David Filo at Yahoo.
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The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.
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Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.
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Al Jazeera is the opinion of other opinion, independent. Al Jazeera is diverse, reflection of the collective mind of the nations and cultures and civilizations that we report from and we report to, bridge of dialogue. This is what Al Jazeera is all about. Al Jazeera is a mission.
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Cybernated art is very important, but art for cybernated life is
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Here I stand, I'm your man.
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They all attributed the peaceful dominion of religion in their country mainly to the separation of church and state. I do not hesitate to affirm that during my stay in America I did not meet a single individual, of the clergy or the laity, who was not of the same opinion on this point.
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It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.
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If you want someone, you have to be willing to wait for them and trust that what you have is real and strong enough for them to wait for you. If somebody jumps ship for you, that fact will always haunt you because you'll know they're light on their feet. Spare yourself the paranoia and the pain and walk away until the coast is clear.
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My time is always divided when I prepare for a wire walk. First I dream, technically and artistically, and then I go to work, and I am the master rigger, climbing trees and ladders and constructing. Only then I change my cap and become the performer.
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When I read about Joyce, I realised that there was no eight-till-one in his life: it was 24 hours a day for him.
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With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here.
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My education has allowed me to be more open to ideas which I would not have been had I not been as educated.
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If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
