Amy Heckerling Quotes
I've always hated the way Hollywood has portrayed accountants. They're always little nerd balls, wimpy, afraid of everything. Growing up with accountants, I don't see them that way.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
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I was in Paris, Milan and London from '89 until '91, and I did mostly runway modeling. I know there's so many people out there looking for pictures, but this was way before the age of the Internet, sorry!
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My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room. And only one activity: clearing away. His need for fresh air and open space is stronger than any hatred.
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My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.
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Well, I had the most appalling childhood.
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I've always hated the way Hollywood has portrayed accountants. They're always little nerd balls, wimpy, afraid of everything. Growing up with accountants, I don't see them that way.
