Allan Sherman Quotes
The only choreography I have in my act is where I walk about ten feet, from stage right to stage left. Then I say, "You may be wondering why I went from over there to over here. Well, that was choreography.
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The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
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Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
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I love what I do so much. I just keep going. Not much can bring me down.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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World-building is my favorite pastime, so with me, I'm always about reining myself in. I don't want to lose too much of the mystery by hammering every detail to death. I did fiddle with lots of maps for 'Glass Sword,' as the second installment sees Mare, Cal and company traveling throughout their country, and that's always fun for me.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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Brazil is on my side.
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You breathe better when you're rich.
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If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. It's the people who are always on the brink of crisis who don't hit bottom who are in trouble.
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Und doch sehr oft, wenn wir uns von dem Beabsichtigten für ewig getrennt sehen, haben wir schon auf unserm Wege irgend ein anderes Wünschenswerthe gefunden, etwas uns Gemäßes, mit dem uns zu begnügen wir eigentlich geboren sind.
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The important thing is to be relaxed in your work. Same in life. Don't make everything too intense. Then you can let everything go and not "act".
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The only choreography I have in my act is where I walk about ten feet, from stage right to stage left. Then I say, "You may be wondering why I went from over there to over here. Well, that was choreography.
