Ken Curtis Quotes
I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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I am inspired by life, past experiences, what's to come, women around me, art, colors, paintings, and emotions.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
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Like all kids who want to be in action movies, I want to jump out of a speeding car, shoot guns, slide out the side in slow motion like a John Woo movie.
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Sometimes I find it tiresome to write actions and describe the scene in a very intricate way so that every crew member understands where we are going - that I can find a little bit long and tiresome. But dialogue is just all my life. There's no way I could ever be challenged, not challenged, but I'm always so happy to write dialogue.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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I've gotten over that by now. But I remember the first time reading the book, I was like, 'Wait, Jacob's been trying to get Bella this entire time, and he strikes out, so he goes for her child?' I was so confused. It took me a second.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.
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I convened the first-ever national training conference for prosecutors on how to promote and deal with hate crime issues in terms of prosecutions and also protocol for defeating the gay panic defense.
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If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!
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I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!
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I'm going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home they'll be ripe.
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I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.
