Les Dawson Quotes
How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.
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I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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I always have to be writing.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
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I've always been a hustler.
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I think that emotionally, I've probably felt a little bit more balanced when I started writing again.
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You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.
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Always, through my whole life, I've had a thirst for knowledge.
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How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.
