Albert Brooks Quotes

I started on television. I had five years of network television before I ever got up on a stage. The first thing I ever did was in 1967. This guy Bill Keene had a little talk show at noon, and Gary Owens took over for a week. He knew about this dummy bit I used to do, this ventriloquist thing, and I was on 'Keene at Noon.'

Albert Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1947

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Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large-scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art.

Jerry Saltz

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Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.

Andrea Martin

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The arts are a celebration of life.

Michael Douglas

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There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

Sierra McCormick

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I have the highest respect for Obama. I have worked with 10 American presidents, both Republicans and Democrats. As far as Israeli security is concerned, he has done the most that an American president can do.

Shimon Peres

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To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

Ron Jaworski

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My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.

Ruth Rendell

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Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Miguel de Cervantes

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If people want to simulate a godly lifestyle - great. If they don't - good luck with that.

Jase Robertson

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With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

Derek Blasberg

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Michigan State means so much to my life and me.

Draymond Green

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Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.

SZA

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