John Candy Quotes

Our audience for SCTV was older than today's moviegoers, and with the cost of making movies being what it is today, it's hard for the studios to take the kind of risks we took.

John Candy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: comedian
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994

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I became very attentive to customers because I was desperate not to have people leave and never come back.

Andrew Cherng

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After I had prostate cancer, I had something which was misdiagnosed which led to a load of back operations.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.

Tom Smothers

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There are fewer and fewer new roles for actresses as they get older. And that's not right.

Michelle Fairley

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He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.

Jules Verne

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Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

Joseph Brodsky

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I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

Jose Aldo

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Globalism began as a vision of a world with free trade, shared prosperity, and open borders. These are good, even noble things to aim for.

Deepak Chopra

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I have a big personality, and I think big personality plus blond hair makes me come across as glib. With dark hair, people look at your face more. Before, it was all about the hair.

Brooke Burns

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I want to help give people the ability to stop and take just a few minutes a day to regroup and refocus: to give them a chance to get perspective on the things that matter and the things that don't.

Ariel Garten

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Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

Plautus

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When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.

Phyllis McGinley

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