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Life Quotes
"If you're like most members of the Baby Boom generation, you decided somewhere along the line, probably after about four margaritas, to have children. This was inevitable. Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income."
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"I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant."
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"The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years."
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"Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished."
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"Misfortune never comes singly. It's surrounded by bodyguards."
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"The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others."
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"Don't let the burdens and hardships of this lifedistract you or discourage you, but keep your eyes firmly fixed on what God has promisedat the end of our journey: heaven itself."
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"If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth."
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"You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing."
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"Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people."
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"Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day."
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"To keep a warm heart in winter is the real victory."
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"The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death."
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"I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life."
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"In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about."
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"As soon as it was understood that we could handle things in our own way, it was the thrill of my life to walk out on that stage with people just hemming the band in."
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"For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad."
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"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."
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"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication."
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"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."
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"If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers."
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"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
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"The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved."
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"The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created."
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