Red Skelton (Richard Skelton) Quotes
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn't reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.
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What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
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Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.
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I did not enter the industry to create a certain image. People happened to see me as the friend/sister/daughter next door. I like that association very much. It's close to what I am in real life. As for films, I just focus on the job.
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George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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There is no right or wrong way of giving. People in Los Angeles have made major contributions in different ways to the city: Eli Broad to art. David Geffen to hospitals. I'm not judgmental.
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I learn the whole time. I think it would be dull if I thought I was going to work and wouldn't find something new. We always learn.
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Fun opens the doors to creativity, which then leads to inspiration, which then births passion, which all together equals both happiness and success!
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I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
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Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
