Mel Brooks Quotes

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

Mel Brooks

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'The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I didn't put fangs on; it was a guy who was just going through the motions. I drew on the widow's peak with eyebrow pencil and wore a turtleneck, not a tux.

Joe Flaherty

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I am allergic to a certain kind of glue. Most eyelash glues are terrible, the glue in acrylic nails. I get a rash up my arm and face.

Jennifer Coolidge

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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie

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When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.

Amanda Hocking

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As a Republican, I am proud of my party's rich legacy of conservation.

Robert Dold

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I do like going out and finding free food. I've done it since I was a child. Fishing prawns and shrimps from the sea is wonderful, as is picking blackberries, sloes and mushrooms. Having a guide while out looking for mushrooms is really important, though, as picking the wrong type can be quite dangerous.

Mary Berry

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I want to start dating the man that I'm gonna marry. I want to start having some fun with someone that I know I'm gonna be with. I don't play any games. I'm too old for that. I've been there; I've been around the block.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

Chuck Schumer

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The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.

Bobby Ray Inman

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CNN is destroying their franchise. They've become either the trial network or the story network.

Art Bell

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I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too.

Anthony Weiner

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Free trade has been one of the tenets of the modern Mexican economy, and it's through competition and free trade that we will continue to advance.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

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