Dick Van Dyke Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“We should never judge a day by its weather.”
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“Emotionally, I'm about 13.”
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“Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.”
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“I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.”
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“I've made peace with insecurity... because there is no security of any kind.”
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“I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.”
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“I have four children and I have seven grandkids.”
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“I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation.”
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“I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.”
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“I don't play golf. I have more fun singing and dancing.”
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“I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people.”
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“I did a 'Golden Girls' once, which shot in front of an audience, and that went well. I had a good time. But I need an audience, for comedy at least.”
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“I can't work with my brother without laughing.”
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“Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.”
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“A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.”
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“All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play.”
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“Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.”
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“Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.”
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“I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.”
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“I cannot tell you what it means when children recognize. This is about the third generation for me. And when kids that small recognize me, it really pleases me, very gratifying.”
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“I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!”
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“It means you never know what's going to happen,' I said. 'You do your best, then take your chances. Everything else is beyond our control.”
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“I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community.”
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“I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations.”
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“Life is like a box of chocolates, I'm a nerd and I read books”
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“Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning”
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“Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.”
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“The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving.”
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“When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late 40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.”
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“I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.”
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