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    Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

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    All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

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    ...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?

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    A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

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    Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

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    Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

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    Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

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    Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy.

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    Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

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    Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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    Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.

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    I can't bear to hear a woman talk baby talk.

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    I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.

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    If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

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    I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.

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    I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

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    I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.

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    Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

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    I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

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    I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.

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    I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.

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    I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

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    It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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    It`s important to know where you`ve come from so that you can know where you`re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection.

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    It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

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    I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

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    I was a fat-headed guy, full of pain.

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    I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.

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    My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

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    My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

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    Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better.

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    One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

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    Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

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    Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

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    Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

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    The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

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    There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

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    To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

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    To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

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    We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans.

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    We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

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    When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

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    When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

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    Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?

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    You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.