Dick Cavett Quotes

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

Dick Cavett

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My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.

John Legend

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You can take lessons to become almost anything: flying lessons, piano lessons, skydiving lessons, acting lessons, race car driving lessons, singing lessons. But there's no class for comedy. You have to be born with it. God has to give you this gift.

Steve Harvey

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Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Steve Jobs

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I used to be quite a big video game player at university and post-university in that weird moment in life before you have a proper job and you've got a lot of idle time.

Stephen Merchant

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Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems.

Miguel de Unamuno

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The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

Mike Figgis

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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.

Michel de Montaigne

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I think simplicity is a good guide: The more economical a theory, the better.

Lisa Randall

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I need eight hours of sleep, but I never get it except at weekends.

Cornelia Parker

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This country is just that great that the opportunities are there for a Hispanic president, a black president or any other race for a president, yes.

Chris Tucker

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My plan is to open five restaurants based on the five elements in Chinese philosophy: wood, water, fire, earth and metal.

Arthur Potts Dawson

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Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.'

Phoebe Robinson

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