W. C. Fields Quotes
If it is a joint return, we are instructed to print the given names of both husband and wife. But since some of the names that husband and wife give each other are hardly suited to print, we must proceed cautiously.
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We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around.
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Before 'Grease 2', I was called the next Richard Gere, then after 'Grease 2', nobody would touch me.
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To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.
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I hate being put in a box labelled 'tropical house.'
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For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I loved it.
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'Saturday Night Live' is a very particular beast. What it celebrates are individuals who can stand out. I did good work there, but going onstage and saying, 'Hey! Hey! Look at me! Aren't I funny?' - that just wasn't my instinct.
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If it is a joint return, we are instructed to print the given names of both husband and wife. But since some of the names that husband and wife give each other are hardly suited to print, we must proceed cautiously.
