I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.
BOB HOPEWhen I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I’m breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That’s what gives me the strength to break the club.
More Bob Hope Quotes
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In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you.
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The help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don’t know which end to talk to.
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Lots of travel, away from home.
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The home videos aren’t as good, but they are seeming to get better.
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Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome – the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
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The Governor has no presidential aspirations. In fact he just made a tour of 43 states just to tell them he’s not running for anything.
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Happiness is watching the TV at your girlfriend’s house during a power failure.
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When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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The Concorde is great. It gives you three extra hours to find your luggage.
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I’ve always felt England was a great place for a comic to work. It’s an island and the audience can’t run very far.
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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
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He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England
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I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
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I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die.
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