Red Skelton (Richard Skelton) Quotes
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
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I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
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Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
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It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.
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I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.
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'Jack,you have debauched my sloth.'
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From time immemorial man has been made in such a way that his vision of the world, so long as it has not been instilled under hypnosis, his motivations and scale of values, his actions and intentions are determined by his personal and group experience of life.
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
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What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so badly to be able to perform. So it doesn't hinder me sleeping at night that I don't have an Olympic medal.
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The best thing about running is that you can eat a lot and still feel OK.
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Make the money, don't let the money make you.. Change the game, don't let the game change you
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I hate remakes of TV shows - I didn't like the new Charlie's Angels at all - and I just don't see the point of going back and doing the same thing over again. Baywatch was fun and successful, probably because we didn't know what the heck we were doing.
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There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
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I don't hate my enemies. After all, I made 'em.
