W. C. Fields Quotes
I have been in the entertainment business some forty-three years, and I have never said anything detrimental or anything that might be construed as belittling any race or religion. I would be a sucker to do so because you can't insult the customers.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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Retiring is a strange word. I'm 27 years old. I've still got stuff to do.
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I think Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have done so much for women in comedy in the sense that they've normalized it. You don't think, 'I'm going to watch that comedy starring a woman,' you think, 'I'm going to watch that funny show.' They refuse to play the foils for men, or be reduced to the butt of every joke, and I love that about both of them.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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He wrote Helen that 'a part of adolescence is feeling that there's no one else around you who's enough like yourself to understand you.'
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Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?
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Voting rights are constitutional rights.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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I have been in the entertainment business some forty-three years, and I have never said anything detrimental or anything that might be construed as belittling any race or religion. I would be a sucker to do so because you can't insult the customers.
