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Robert Klein Quotes

I have what we call a 'symphony act.' I'm the only comedian, I think, in the country that does it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: February 8, 1942

Topics

Think Country Act Call Only I Think

I limited myself to introduce a change in my way of thinking and the way I see things. When I look at my child, I do it in a different way then when I'm contemplating a chair. They are different... the child is a living being, and the chair is an object.

Change Myself Child Thinking Chair

I love America - I'm not saying that I love Americans. I don't know. It just seems a bit more optimistic. I don't know - in England, if you do something successful, people hate you. Whereas in America, if you do something successful, people will pat you on the back and say, 'Hey, well done.' People are jealous and negative in England.

Love Hate People Saying Negative

I spent every bit of my money to try and get a Mickey Mantle card, and I don't have one. Growing up in Oklahoma, Mickey Mantle was my idol. And here I am, and I'd go pick cotton to have enough money, and I'd buy all of these packs, and I'd chew all of the gum, and I'd never find a Mickey Mantle card.

Money I Am Growing Up Enough Find

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'

Girl Time Parents Me Hair Saying

Public television works hard to engage young learners and build the skills needed for a jump-start on life. We need our youngest to be curious, resilient and empathetic, and prepared for the jobs of the future.

Stanley A. McChrystal

Life Future Curious Television Young

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

Stokely Carmichael

Courage Enemy More Just Than Had

My father was the quintessential husband and dad.

Father Husband Quintessential Dad

Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.

Time Travel Forward Musicians Bubble

I think we all achieve a little. You can say, 'That's relative.' But when you think of world events, it really is very small.

Michael Kadoorie

World Small Think You Achieve Say

Love is a great beautifier.

Louisa May Alcott

Love Great Love Is

In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person's heart.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

God Heart Freedom Children Peace

Commercials are 20 seconds long, so you don't get to experiment with your characters. But in films, you get to try out your acting skills.

Long You Acting Skills Try Out

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