Wilson Mizner Quotes
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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Music is escapism, it's entertainment.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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Failure has gone to his head.
