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Quotes by Entertainer

"They had an opening. You know, it was one of those deals. I auditioned and got it in '93."

"Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam."

"Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so."

"Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'"

"Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation."

"I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a match in Tennessee, and afterward we went to a little roadside motel. We checked in, went to the room, and enjoyed each other for an hour or so."

"In my experience victims are more concerned with helping their families understand that they are still connected to them. In some rare experiences information comes through that helps understand what happened."

"Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends."

"We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season."

"Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet."

"I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home."

"In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over."

"My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain."


"I'm looking forward to providing the men of Seattle with an evening where they can kick back, light up a cigar and enjoy a night to themselves. Women, we can't technically keep you out, but please stay at home."

"It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal."

"Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will."

"The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that."

"Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both political and partisan in nature."

"When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming."

"If I go to a seminar and someone like you or someone like him is talking, I'm never part of the group that rushes him directly afterward. I always wait in the back corner with my head down until everyone is gone, and then I go up and do my thing."

"All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about."

"Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets."

"It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out."

"The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant."

"I found in my whole career the best thing that can happen to you is that you hear what people want."

"Insomnia is my greatest inspiration."

"I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it."

"From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash."

"It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed."

"We will often talk to Liz Smith about couples and relationships because she always has an inside track, too."

"So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash."

"I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary."

"I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me."

"God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day."

"The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now."

"Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively."

"May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin."

"Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work."

"I'm an artist and I can draw very well. I'm amazed that everybody can't draw well because I can do it so effortlessly."

"Most of my contemporaries at school entered the World of Business, the logical destiny of bores."

"I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of trying to make a dollar. That's what the networks have done and will continue to do. If anyone doesn't think that this is about making money, then they're crazy."

"Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a store in Minneapolis in a store called Props, which was kind of a high end gift shop."

"President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003."

"I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career."

"When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen racist comment about tens of millions of American citizens, we don't need lectures. What we need to do is to confront her with what she said and what it says about her."
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