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Brian Setzer

"Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb."

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"Elvis is not so difficult as Johnny Cash because his voice is so distinctive. If you try to copy Johnny Cash, it's just going to sound dumb."

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"If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."

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"I'm really, really dumb about describing wine, but I like wine that's full-bodied and dry."

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"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy."

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"However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once."

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"I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde."

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Amber Hurdle

"I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do."

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"I remember working with Rod, though, on Chrysler Hour. I was too young and dumb to know that I was supposed to be scared of anybody or anything - like getting fired or anything like that."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you."

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Amber Hurdle

"Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK."

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"Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing."

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