Adam West Quotes
There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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The important thing to remember is war does not progress linearly. The future course of events is going to be very difficult to predict with a high degree of precision.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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No better way is there to learn to love Nature than to understand Art. It dignifies every flower of the field. And, the boy who sees the thing of beauty which a bird on the wing becomes when transferred to wood or canvas will probably not throw the customary stone.
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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Why change? If you're happy, and things are going really well at one place, there is no need to change.
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This is a fine saying of Plato: That he who is discoursing about men should look also at earthly things as if he viewed them from some higher place; should look at them... a mixture of all things and an orderly combination of contraries.
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I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.
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My generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.
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People do what they want to do.
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There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.
