Louis B. Mayer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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America must remain, at any cost, the custodian of freedom, human dignity and economic security. The United States must be strong, so that no nation may dare attack.
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The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible.
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I will only make pictures that I won't be ashamed to have my children see.
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Well, do anything, if you do something right, we'll use it, and if you do something wrong, we'll fix it, but do something and do it now.
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The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built up from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows' ears every day of the week.
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You know how I'm smart? I got people around me who know more than I do.
-- Louis B. Mayer
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As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.
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It really depends upon how much money you have in your account. Having a monthly paycheck come in for the rest of your life is extremely important. So it would probably be smart to put some of your money into an annuity, which is a way of buying a monthly pension check.
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All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.
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Whenever I do a comedy show I still just read poems, some of which are intentionally funny and some of which are just bizarre. The mix seems to work well.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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When you're doing a radio show, you can express yourself.
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As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last.
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German civility, which often seems stiff to us, shows an attentive and touching respect for the person that I often prefer to our offhandedness.
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