Robert Riskin quotes
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“People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.”
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“To most of you, your neighbor is a stranger, a guy with a barkin' dog and a high fence around him. Now you can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.”
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“How did you feel feeding doughnuts to a horse? Had a kick out of it, huh? Got a big laugh. Did you ever think of feeding doughnuts to a human being? No!”
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“Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday you build another fence around your minds.”
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“You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?”
-- Robert Riskin
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“They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.”
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“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”
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“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
Source : Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr
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“In a thousand years we shall all forget The things that trouble us now.”
Source : Adam Lindsay Gordon, Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1911). “Poems: A.H. Massina”
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“The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.”
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