Dana Carvey Quotes
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.
Quotes to Explore
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding from his right eye.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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I win virtually every case I should win, and I win a number of cases that people think I shouldn't.
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You have to know what you want out of your work or out of your life.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle. I mean a man who would lay me, and when he was done, I'd say: "Oh, brother, I've been laid." Or if we had an argument, he would stand up and engage in intellectual combat and not go off and mope in the corner, or take reprisals, or go to drink.
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Toni Collette has been a huge influence. She was my absolute number one idol, and then I got 'United States of Tara.' I was pinching myself. I couldn't believe the first day I was on set, and I got pages of dialogue of real stuff to do with her.
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When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.
