Jack Benny Quotes
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I would like to direct.
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I am very emotional. It took me many years to recover from the death of my father. Even when I was playing cricket, I wasn't happy. I would just sit and cry. I was very young. He was too young; he shouldn't have gone. Cricket is all right. We all play sport. Good and bad days come.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
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Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.
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What musicals need is a new me.
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My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.
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I prayed every night that God would keep my family safe. But as far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I definitely relate so much to a lot of women in comedy, but I don't love segregating the genders. I'm just as influenced by male comedians as I am female comedians.
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I got a record with Frank Ocean.
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The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
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I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.
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You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
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Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower...
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When it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s.
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More than likely, mother would simply go enigmatic on him, give him one of her inscrutable smiles, and tell him that if he didn't already understand, he never would.
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It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race of life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the 'dark horse' in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.
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We should be able to write songs for a new album every six months. If you think about it, it's not a crazy amount of writing.
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Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school.
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Give generously. How much is generous? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. If you've never tithed, start there - then begin to stretch your generosity.
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The preoccupation of American historical and literary scholars with the New England Puritans must seem to outsiders like an obsession.
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Jack: I'm scared, I'm frightened.
