Carl Furillo (Carl Anthony Furillo) Quotes
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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I always knew I'd go to space.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
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We always learn more from the losing than the winning.
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Just because you get to a certain number doesn't mean you have to roll up into a ball and wait for the grim reaper. We were put on this earth to do something! If you stop using your brain, at any age, it is going to stop working. It's like if you stop using your hand, it will atrophy. I think doing nothing is a curse.
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Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.
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If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.
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Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved.
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We are all gifted of the mouth, retarded of the ear.
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I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?
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I want to stay where I am. I'm stoked to be a country artist.
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To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.
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It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.
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Carrots might be good for my eyes, but they won't straighten out the curveball.
