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"I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself."

"I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself."

Melvin Van Peebles, American Actor

Hope, Film, Friends

18

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Baby, Congress, Country

18

"Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects."

"Everyone is ignorant only on different subjects."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Learning, Ignorance, Knowledge, Perspective

18

"About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man."

"About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man."

Richard Dawson, English Actor

18

"To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation."

"To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation."

Anthony Quayle, English Actor

Man, Memories, Nation

18

"Always drink upstream from the herd."

"Always drink upstream from the herd."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Advice, Humor, Observation, Truth

18

"I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should."

"I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should."

Timothy Hutton, American Actor

People, Girlfriend, Being, Help

18

"The HUAC did a deal with me. I was pretty much worn down. I had no money. I couldn't borrow."

"The HUAC did a deal with me. I was pretty much worn down. I had no money. I couldn't borrow."

Lee J. Cobb, American Actor

18

"I've been very fortunate in the things I've had in my life. But, at the same time, I wish I had the same types of memories as everyone else."

"I've been very fortunate in the things I've had in my life. But, at the same time, I wish I had the same types of memories as everyone else."

Alfonso Ribeiro, American Actor

Life, Time, Memories

18

"You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life."

"You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life."

Ian Somerhalder, American Actor

18

"To relax, I work."

"To relax, I work."

Christopher Lambert, American Actor

18

"We were learning together. We'd go to various clinics and try to learn as much as possible."

"We were learning together. We'd go to various clinics and try to learn as much as possible."

Tom Conway, English Actor

18

"The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living."

"The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Education, Work, Living

18

"It was a show that you played at home and you're saying to the contestant do this and do that. When you at home are involved in yelling at the screen, then you know you've got an audience."

"It was a show that you played at home and you're saying to the contestant do this and do that. When you at home are involved in yelling at the screen, then you know you've got an audience."

Monty Hall, Canadian Actor

18

"In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing."

"In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing."

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, Hollywood, Writing

18

"When it comes down to it, I just want to work."

"When it comes down to it, I just want to work."

Colin Hanks, American Actor

18

"When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying."

"When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying."

Lee J. Cobb, American Actor

Government, states, United

18

"An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling."

"An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling."

Donald Sinden, British Actor

Business, London, Sound

18

"If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate."

"If you hear Bing Crosby trying to swing, it doesn't work. He swings like a rusty gate."

Frank Stallone, American Actor

18

"I like doing family films."

"I like doing family films."

Matthew Lillard, American Actor

18

"My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time."

"My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time."

Michael Clarke Duncan, American Actor

18

"But I came from a conservative Republican background."

"But I came from a conservative Republican background."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Conservative, Republican

17

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like."

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Finance, Money, Consumer, Vanity, Status

17

"The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love."

"The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love."

Jean Reno, French Actor

Love, People, Being, Old

17

"Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams."

"Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams."

Rudolph Valentino, Italian Actor

Dream, Dreams, Love, Women

17

"The more you read and observe about this Politics thing,you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.The one that's out always looks the best."

"The more you read and observe about this Politics thing,you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.The one that's out always looks the best."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Politics, Observation, Truth, Comparison

17

"So get a few laughs and do the best you can."

"So get a few laughs and do the best you can."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Encouragement, Optimism, Effort, Humor, Perseverance

17

"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth."

"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth."

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, Americans, Earth, Learning

17

"Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects."

"Everybody is ignorant only on different subjects."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Learning, Ignorance, Knowledge, Perspective

17

"Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years."

"Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years."

Monty Hall, Canadian Actor

17

"In Hollywood, after you get a little success, the next thing you usually get is a divorce."

"In Hollywood, after you get a little success, the next thing you usually get is a divorce."

Dan Dailey, American Actor

Success, Divorce, Hollywood

17

"One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie."

"One of the best things about paintings is their silence - which prompts reflection and random reverie."

Mark Stevens, American Actor

Reflection, Reverie, Silence

17

"I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did."

"I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did."

Alan Arkin, American Actor

Age, People, Performance, World

17

"Besides, I have a sister who's straight. And I want her to know that I love her and support her."

"Besides, I have a sister who's straight. And I want her to know that I love her and support her."

Dan Butler, American Actor

Love, Sister, Support, Want

17

"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is."

"You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Motivation, Risk, Opportunity, Action, Decision

17

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Perseverance, Success, Temptation, Delay, Discipline

17

"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies."

"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Enemy, Enemies, Forget, Golf, Hate

17

"As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted."

"As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted."

Monty Hall, Canadian Actor

People, Successful, Help

17

"I am back in Los Angeles after a very successful run in Chicago as Billy Flynn."

"I am back in Los Angeles after a very successful run in Chicago as Billy Flynn."

Greg Evigan, American Actor

Success, Successful, Chicago

17

"You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented."

"You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented."

Ben Gazzara, American Actor

17

"A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality."

"A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality."

Wes Bentley, American Actor

Life, Reality, Reflection

17

"War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult."

"War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult."

Adrien Brody, American Actor

War, Film, Safety

17

"Every man dies. Not every man lives."

"Every man dies. Not every man lives."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

16

"I never met a man that I didn't like."

"I never met a man that I didn't like."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Wisdom, Humanity, Kindness, Observation, Acceptance

16

"I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life."

"I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life."

Anthony Perkins, American Actor

Life, Love, People, Adventure

16

"The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?""

"The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?""

Will Rogers, American Actor

Country, Job, Man, President

16

"Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation."

"Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation."

Billy West, American Actor

Life, Chance, Living

16

"I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago."

"I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago."

Will Rogers, American Actor

16

"People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide."

"People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide."

Will Rogers, American Actor

People, Conscience, Lawyers

16

"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

"It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue."

Adrien Brody, American Actor

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