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Woody Allen
Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.
I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.
It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.
Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
Lauren Bacall
A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
I am essentially a loner.
I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.
I'm not a sedentary person. I've always been active.
In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls.
Patience was not my strong point.
Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.
You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.
We live in an age of mediocrity.
When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on.
It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.
Charlie Chaplin
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn
from my career.
I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people
will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
We think too much and feel too little.
What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
Why should poetry have to make sense?
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.
Kirk Douglas
If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.
In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now.
That's all.
Love has more depth as you get older.
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me
with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
The learning process continues until the day you die.
What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even
want to come? I wonder.
When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.
Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.
Jane Fonda
All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.
Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.
I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell
into a state of low-sizzling panic.
I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.
I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.
It's hard for women at my age in Hollywood, but I'm not discouraged.
It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something
I'm constantly working on.
Shirley Maclaine
Crystals amplify the consciousness.
I don't feel competitive.
I don't have an assistant. I make a lot of people around me my slaves, but no assistant.
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I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.
I don't like to socialise much.
I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!
I look like a real bag lady when I go to Starbucks with my dog and get my chai.
I'm not one for wardrobe.
I never would have given up my work to stay home.
I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.
It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.
I wasn't afraid of getting old, because I was never a great beauty.
My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking.
Movie makers now choose profit over vision.
I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it.
People think I'm nuts.
Sex is hardly ever just about sex.
Things are done according to money these days.
Well, success does not mean doing well.
Women love working together. That's my experience anyway.
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