Alex Trebek Quotes
My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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Both dreams and neurotic dream-states have as their function the avoidance of displeasure, but the dream-states also serve to provide a positive pleasure gain.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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I want to go to dinner with Oprah! Who doesn't?
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Claude Kirk was probably the most charismatic person I ever met.
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I don't want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.
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When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself. They'll want to do what's best for Apple, not what's best for them, what's best for Steve, or anybody else.
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My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.
