Robert Osborne Quotes

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by Frank Capra... but just before he was going to start working on it, he came across this story called 'The Greatest Gift.' And that turned into 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

Robert Osborne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 3, 1932 - March 6, 2017

Topics

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It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

Angelina Jolie

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When families save, they can get through emergencies like a bad harvest or a medical emergency. But it's more than that. They can also plan for the future, gradually saving up for a small business or for their children's school tuition.

Jeff Raikes

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I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take things off the shelf. If I don't like the book after a bit, I don't finish it. But I like to be surprised.

Stanley Kubrick

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Shoes and clothing damage our ability to survive naked in the wilderness.

Steve Mann

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I was quite the quiet teenager. I was a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outsider.

Mika

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The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

Dean Ween

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We have to end Citizens United, and we have to do it united as a people. If we don't do it, our system is going to be further corrupted.

Brad Schneider

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I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.

Arthur Godfrey

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Our bodies are finely tuned machines, and if our hormone mixtures aren't 'just right', everything goes into disrepair.

Suzanne Somers

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America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.

Marjane Satrapi

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I'm really fed up with all the credibility talk. A lot of times it seems to be more important than the music. Well, I guess for a lot of people it actually is. We don't care for credibility.

Mark McGrath

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I can be inappropriate at times.

Leslie Easterbrook

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