I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Because Been Cannot Far Has-Been Maybe Might Never Once Rather Reaching Star Than Who

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I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.

— Milton Berle

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No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been.

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People say I owe a lot to television. The fact is I was a star long before television. What TV made me is unemployed.

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