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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It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.
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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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Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance.
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We should worship as though the deity were present.
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The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.
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You see we're a country that talks about family values. But we haven't passed anything to help family values since the Family and Medical Leave Act. And the Family and Medical Leave Act was one of the first things I voted on when I came to Congress. It was very thrilling to me, because when my first child was born, I was terrified of being fired. When my second child was born, I was a member of the city council, and in some ways it was easier to respond to 250 constituents than it was to respond to one employer.
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Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room.
