Maurice Chevalier Quotes

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Maurice Chevalier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: September 12, 1888 - January 1, 1972

Topics

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I know people who have literally quit their jobs to spend more time with their children, and I go, 'Wow,' my dad used to go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning and he'd come back at 7:30 and we'd kind of see him walk in and then he'd go upstairs and suddenly he'd be in a T-shirt and grumpy. There wasn't much in the way of conversation that went on.

Jimmy Kimmel

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I've taken regular gigs, I've worked in grocery stores, worked as a dishwasher, a porter in different places, all for survival. I don't feel bad about doing it. I wished I could have done better. And still do.

Jimmy Scott

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I was quite badly behaved at school - I remember cutting class - and acting was a way of channelling energy.

Jim Sturgess

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I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

John Cassavetes

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Acting's fine if the script's written by Paddy Chayefsky and Martin Scorsese directs it, but unless you have something like that, I don't really enjoy acting.

Jeff Garlin

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Part of my job is to advocate on my constituents' behalf to federal agencies who aren't always responsive.

Steven Horsford

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There's a conventional wisdom that says that strategic thinking is much more important than relationship building, which doesn't seem to be nearly as highly valued as it should be, based on what some of the leaders that I've spoken with have said to me.

Tom Rath

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I'm not bamboozled by the fact that people are disgusted by me. I'm not my biggest fan either.

Josh Tillman

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I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog.

Jonathan Miller

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I'm not really the cool dude at all.

Jonny Lee Miller

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I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

Don Young

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I'm trying to get my next job as a biracial action hero.

Pooch Hall

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