Flip Wilson Quotes
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.
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Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?
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In 'Haraamkhor,' I have explored a few things which I wouldn't have been able to do in bigger films. The process of shooting this film was so organic that it enhanced me as an actor and an artiste.
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I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City Lights.'
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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.
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I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'
