Red Skelton (Richard Skelton) Quotes
Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room.
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I do not often get lonely, and I never get bored.
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I hear a lot of 'Top Model' girls say they are dismissed by clients because they recognize them, but it never happened to me.
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I wake up every morning knowing how ridiculously lucky I am to be able to do what I love for a living, and that sense of wonder never, ever wears off.
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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I never thought I would actually become a professional actor. I just kept going with it. One thing led to another.
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There are so many songs that I could not sing the way I wanted to. When such songs come on television or radio, I shut them off or leave the room.
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Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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You never know how much time you got.
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For U.S. television series, I really like 'Dexter.'
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides to lay the crown on the brow of the heroic genius like Frederick the Great or a wise character like William I.
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I'm just really trying to say what I really mean, which is: 'Your eye's on the prize, your eye's on the future. It's nice to know that a lot of wonderful things have happened to your life and that so much of it has been successful. That's great, but the work is really what makes it fun - and that has to be the future.'
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Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room.
