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 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'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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Broadcasting began, essentially, in the hands of very, very few players - actually two - and when television came along, there were two networks, then three. Rules began to get formulated that essentially protected that concentrated group.
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'The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart).
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Education is a way of empowering people; it opens up so many doors and is fundamental to everybody. And teachers are not often appreciated in the way that they should be.
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Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China.
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Living with this gratitude elevates you... You become a more joyful person. You become a kinder and more compassionate person. You become a calmer and more peaceful person. You become a person who lives in greater harmony with others.
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room.
