Robert Collier Quotes

See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

Robert Collier

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YouSeeThingsWouldThemInstead

I have respect for anyone who helps a creator put a great television show on the air.

John Landgraf

RespectGreatTelevisionAirCreator

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

Robert Herrick

HappinessGreatManHappyBe Happy

Africa is one of my favorite places because there are so many things to do - either surfing or going to see the animals. You can drive two hours or six hours up the coast - or just 15 minutes up the road - and it's probably something you haven't seen before.

John John Florence

DriveRoadYouAnimalsAfricaSee

I am thankful to my fans and producers that I am on my toes all the time to do better. The day you feel you have achieved it all or you are something, then you are gone, and that thought never came to me.

Sridevi

ThankfulTimeDayI AmMeBetter

The comedy of class, played so straight, is a wonderful thing for an actor to sink their teeth into.

Shirley MacLaine

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The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

Robert Taylor

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It's very, very corrupting to the spirit, doing comedy. And you have to be almost a saint, like Jack Benny was, like Steve Martin is, to avoid the corrupting of it, because there's very little work where the actual work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.

Mike Nichols

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It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.

Miles Davis

MeFirstHimGotJimi HendrixBetty

I honestly have no interest in celebrity whatsoever. If anything, I always cringe at it because it takes away from what I am, which is an actor who wants to be better and do better things.

Jude Law

I AmBetterActorCelebrityAnything

I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.

Dorothea Benton Frank

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Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Chris Jericho

TimeMyselfProblemYesTaking Time

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

Christopher Isherwood

YourselfPeopleDownNeverWriteUp

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