Walter Matthau Quotes

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.

Walter Matthau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1920 - July 1, 2000

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Poor Ron Paul. He means well. He really does. But there's something about him. I don't know what it is. From falling victim to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno to that old-man shuffle, he just seems like kind of a... like kind of a sissy.

John Gourley

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I'm a big fan of Tarantino's work, and I think I'm fascinated by his evident sense of entitlement to use black characters and black material that he feels not simply comfortable with, but that it's his right and privilege - the apparent ease with which he handles black characters, fully aware that he's been criticized for that, too.

Michael Chabon

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My mom is my role model. Charlie and I have two great sets of parents, but our moms are often the ones that go with us to competitions. My mom was with me in Sochi. I am so lucky to be a part of the Thank You Mom program partnered with Puffs and P&G.

Meryl Davis

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Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Ambrose Bierce

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For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays about growing up as her child, but I never could finish any of them. I think I was too close to that loss, and too eager to try and resolve things, to make her death make sense.

Tracy K. Smith

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I go through about 140 cities a year.

Ron White

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As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people, which I guess is true of all adolescents.

Rosemary Mahoney

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Another aspect of our work is multimedia teleconferencing.

Jon Postel

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I love Africa, especially Botswana. I could see myself retiring to a little tree house there one day.

Coco Rocha

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Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to do is defend America against unfair trade practices.

Peter Navarro

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The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted.

Paulina Porizkova

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If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith.

Tyler Perry

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