The best Quotes by Kirk Douglas

The best Quotes by Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker.

In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.

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Failures & Mistakes Courage

Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

The learning process continues until the day you die.

I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.

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The arts are a celebration of life.

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I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

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California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

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New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

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We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

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All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

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California Helsinki

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

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Things are tough all over, cupcake. An' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike... except in California.

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Justice California

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

Benedict Wells

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Failures & Mistakes Breakup Beginning

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Failures & Mistakes Intelligence

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

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A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?

Marley & Me

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

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Humanity Gratitude Animals Dogs

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Albert Einstein

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Learning Education

Never memorize what you can look up in books.

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For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.

Louis de Funès

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Laughing & Smile

It's not about the absence of fear. It's overcoming it.

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If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

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My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Anthony Hopkins

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Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

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We think too much and feel too little.

Charlie Chaplin

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Thinking Feelings & Emotions

If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken. But then, does he ever truly live?

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One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

Klaus Kinski

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Failures & Mistakes

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.

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I dream of a day where I walk down the street and hear people talk about Morality, Sustainibility and Philoshophy instead of the Kardashians.

Keanu Reeves

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The Kardashians

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

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Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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