- Had
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- Nov 07, 2020
Than Quotes
Weighing one thing against another.
This collection of than quotes compares easy pitches to hard ones, international fan bases to domestic ones, and one acting challenge to another. The common thread is honest comparison rather than absolute claims. Related reflections continue in our Better quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather be called a character actor than a star.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity.
- Emperor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind a gut. In fact, I would prefer a guy to have a gut than be too built.
- Bottom Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike public universities and private, not-for-profit colleges, for-profit schools are owned by revenue-seeking businesses often more intent on boosting their bottom line than educating their students. They use hard-sell tactics to recruit prospective students, and veterans have become particular targets.
- Heavier
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the svelte.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is the great vice of academicism, that it is concerned with ideas rather than with thinking.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020