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Jerry Lewis Quotes

You see, the people that have a point of view and have an opinion and have some intellect are dangerous in the film community - they're dangerous.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1926

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Community People Opinion View You

The conventional wisdom with David Mamet is, you do not change a word. And that agrees with me. If you want to change any of David's words, it's like wanting to change the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare - you should do something else.

John C. McGinley

Change Wisdom Words Me You Want

I had thought up the title, 'The Good Luck of Right Now,' several years ago. I had no idea what it meant or what the book would be about but I thought, 'Someday I'm going to write a book with that title.'

Good Luck Good Luck Book Thought Up

I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

Good Focus Day Worry Long Pasta

Waiting is a big part of life. We don't like to admit that, especially our generation; we don't like to wait on stuff. We want stuff immediately.

Life Waiting Wait Generation Admit

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Jean de la Bruyere

Truth Logic Conviction Add Technique

I'm just going to keep working hard on and off the training field.

Training Working Hard Hard Going Off

I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions.

God Truth Great Purpose Thought

You don't know what's going to happen in our business a year from now... so you have to be flexible and adaptable, and that's what we try to do.

Bruce Nordstrom

Business Year You Know Flexible Try

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

William H. Macy

Myself Watching Two Little Against

I had no intention of entering politics, but then the force of events led me to become involved in politics.

Sergio Mattarella

Politics Me Intention Become Events

I don't even know how many times I auditioned for Danny Zuko in 'Grease.'

Know Even How Many Grease Times

My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item of consumption he would acquire was a direct measurement of his success in life. But that same equation wasn't going to work for me - I was quite clear about that in my early teens.

Life Work Success Father Today Me

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