Bel Kaufman Quotes

He was taking off his tie, the dreadful tie with the green mermaid on it. “It’s your tie, Sam—I hate it! Why must you always . . .” I’m not saying it right, she thought, not any of it.

Bel Kaufman

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• Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.

  

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• I've been working on the screen right from childhood and am completely in love with my work. And this experience has taught me that ultimately, it's a good script, good work that matters, whether in Bollywood or in the South.

  

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• Women would rather be right than reasonable.

  

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• Trust me, I would love to have a wife and kids. I would very much enjoy that. But I also know that you have to be in the right place to do that.

  

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• What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.

  

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• Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.

  

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• That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.

  

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• Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.

  

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• G.I. Joe has a heart and an attitude that feels right and familiar to me, so they could have ray guns, and they'd still feel more like real troops than many other franchises.

  

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• If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.

  

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• Americans have the right to choose to be unarmed and helpless. Be my guest.

  

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• In my opinion, there is one singular problem with religions in general: they are exclusive. To me, this exclusivity is not right.

  

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• After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

  

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• Growing up, I was obsessed with Disney movies like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty And The Beast.' I was always singing the songs from these movies, so to find myself in the studio with Alan Menken was an amazing experience. In fact, it was a dream come true.

  

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• One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

  

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• He was taking off his tie, the dreadful tie with the green mermaid on it. “It’s your tie, Sam—I hate it! Why must you always . . .” I’m not saying it right, she thought, not any of it.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Right
  • I Hate
  • Mermaid