Al Lewis Quotes
There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine.
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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We are in a situation with the huge stimulus package that's going to be spent all across this nation and a big financial crisis and banking crisis. And what we need is good, trained journalists who can play the role of watchdog.
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I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
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I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.
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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
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When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of being an actress. Kids back home in Texas, who I thought were my friends, were saying things behind my back. They said that I would never make it because I wasn't talented or pretty enough to be on TV.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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I have opinions, sure, but they're mine, not something I'm going to insist everyone else take as any kind of gospel.
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Do you want to know what scares the Washington cartel? Actually, not remotely. I don't scare them in the tiniest bit. What scares them is you. What scares them is that old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives.
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Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.
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As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.
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The true Negro does not want integration... He realizes his potential is far better among his own race.
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All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue.
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'I'm in the Lord's hands,' he said humbly. 'I'm but a penny whistle for His breath to blow on.' This he said with such solemnity that the meaning of a fanatic was suddenly revealed to me. One or two distorted notions, a wild imagination, and fierce passions, and there you have the ingredients ready.
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The Bible nowhere says that animals are just made for human use. It does not say that the whole earth is just ours to do with as we like. Neither does it say that God's sole interest is with the human species. We cannot allow such an important and influential book to become the preserve of those who want to exploit animals. The Bible needs to be read, studied, and reclaimed for the animals.
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These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell.
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I still have to work paycheck to paycheck. Being in show business doesn't indicate that you're a 'success,' in my opinion.
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It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why!
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There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine.
