During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.
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CHARLES BRONSON There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
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JERRY SEINFELD We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sle...
JERRY SEINFELD Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.
JERRY SEINFELD Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - on...
JERRY SALTZ Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories....
JERRY SPINELLI You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even...
JERRY ROBINSON After 1909, Monet drastically enlarged his brushstrokes, disintegrated his images, and broke through...
JERRY SALTZ Ice cream is the perfect buffer, because you can do things in a somewhat lighthearted way. Plus, peo...
JERRY GREENFIELD I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I ...
JERRY SPINELLI I enjoy life, and I think that's important. Life is so fragile and so fleeting, and it's ove...
JERRY HALL I believe in financial retirement. I don't necessarily believe in physical retirement.
JERRY DOYLE Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often thin...
JERRY GREENFIELD There's no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.
JERRY O'CONNELL I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't g...
JERRY LEWIS I think my fans would probably be surprised to know I'm not insane - I'm not a crazy person ...
JERRY TRAINOR My guitar is a mutation between a classic Fender Stratocaster guitar, which I played for years, and ...
JERRY GARCIA