- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
They wouldn't take me in the navy because of my glass eye. So I joined the merchant navy, who allowed monocular crew if you worked in the kitchens. You're not wanted on deck or in the engine room with one eye, but you're good to fire up the ovens and cook hundreds of chops.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
It became the joke of the neighbourhood. If the umpire ruled me out on a bad call, I'd take the fake eye out and hand it to him.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children ran up to me shouting, 'Columbo!' At first, it gave me great pleasure, but later, I said to myself that those children should have had their own heroes instead of admiring a cop from Los Angeles.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, the idea of gettin' paid to paint your face... listen, I grew up in Ossining, New York, a nice little town by the Hudson, and nothin' ever interested me except being your usual high school big shot, which I was an' loved it, played all the sports and goofed around, always out on the street with the guys, everything was funny t'me.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know this is silly, it's shallow, it's bad, I wish I wasn't this way-but if I meet a girl with no teeth, I just don't want to date her. It's creepy of me, I wish I was a bigger person, but that's my real turn-off.
- Bad One
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- Nov 07, 2020
With all of my films if I get one bad review and a bunch of good reviews the bad one is the only one that will stay with me, which really sucks!
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
The parts of a film should be in proportion to the whole, and a long film pasted together out of quick little scenes makes me dizzy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.
- Fonda
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me from time to time what it was like growing up with Henry Fonda as my father. I say, Ever see Fort Apache? He was like Colonel Thursday.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was.
- Fonda
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.
- Be Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.
- Nov 07, 2020