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"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states."
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"Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state."
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"There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state."
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"North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?"
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"I did have a big following in the upper New York area. I was at the New York State Fair a few times over the years. I have areas that I say are my areas."
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"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."
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"By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world."
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"I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely."
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"Even if you go to Australia today, it's very much like visiting a state you haven't been to."
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"I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states."
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"Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size."
State
"When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it."
Sound
"As far as advice, that will be in my next book, my next collection. I certainly never like to instruct anyone, but just say as I feel. That's the same as advice, isn't it?"
Advice
"Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him!"
Work
"There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood."
Intelligence
"Cary Grant and I were doing a play in New York. He had a crush on me. Whenever we went to a party, he would always sit on the floor beside me. I thought that was kind of beautiful, like that's where he wanted to be."
Thought
"Only in your imagination can you revise."
Imagination
"That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face."
Time
"He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really."
Humor
"Actually, the camera was never overhead at any time. It was always a side view of me. Subsequently, after the picture was released, I saw some scenes from above and my clothes being pulled-and I think that was added later."
Time
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