Don Ameche Quotes

I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.

Don Ameche

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 31, 1908 - December 6, 1993

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BusinessMindCollegeLawGrowing Up

Birds and animals probably think without knowing that they think; that is, they have not self-consciousness. Only man seems to be endowed with this faculty; he alone develops disinterested intelligence, intelligence that is not primarily concerned with his own safety and well-being but that looks abroad upon things.

John Burroughs

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Freedom is not negotiable.

Andy Garcia

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In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.

Andrei Sakharov

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I'm constantly fighting the angry black woman stigma, the 'You're pretty, you can't be funny' stigma.

Amanda Seales

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I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

Amanda Burton

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You've got to be able to compromise in a band; otherwise, somebody's more important than the next guy, and that's never been the case in Priest.

Rob Halford

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What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar.

Ruth Rendell

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My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.

Rose Kennedy

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I loved writing fiction. I mean, once I found the character, or the characters, and knew who they were and knew their back-stories, it really - I mean, I went into my studio every day, thinking, 'What's gonna happen to Billy today?'

Ruth Reichl

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I got a guitar when I was six and, instead of learning other people's songs, started to try to write my own, even at that young age.

Russell Crowe

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If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

Lucas Black

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It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

Chris Van Allsburg

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