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Quotes by Entertainer
"Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something."
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"A cake is a very good test of an oven: if it browns too much on one side and not on the other, it's not your fault - you need to have your oven checked."
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"It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark."
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"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
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"IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards."
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"I think my own strengths are in television production."
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"People magazine had been around for a short period of time, but nobody had thought about putting entertainment news on a nightly basis on television."
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"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together."
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"The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1."
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"Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception."
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"I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful."
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"I'd just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I'd made the final 25. So I just wanted to place."
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"I'm good friends with The Rock, and I talk to him all the time. And he says that, even though his movie career has taken off, he misses the instant gratification of wrestling, and the live crowds, and I could see being that way myself."
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"There are thousands and thousands of free programs available for people of any income level."
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"I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don't care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn't be driving a car if you're over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that."
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"I feel the producers really exploited my lack of talent at this time. I looked like an idiot up there. I want to be good, not something that people will laugh at."
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"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity."
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"Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me."
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"Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself."
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"I don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death."
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"There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm not vegetarian myself - I have greatly enjoyed creating vegetarian recipes, and cooking and serving them at home."
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"And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it."
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"I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones."
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"One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution."
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"Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things."
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"When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it."
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"You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team."
Fans,
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"The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine."
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"The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!"
Old,
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"My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny."
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"If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite."
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"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."
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"I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding."
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"Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along."
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"I want you to know that I am innocent - and that I will fight to clear my name."
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"More than 150 heads of state attended the UN Summit, giving New Yorkers a chance to get in touch with prejudices they didn't even know they had."
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"Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol."
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"Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good."
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"The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop."
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"I'm fairly in tune with what's private with my husband and with me."
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"I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels."
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