The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.
DICK CAVETTIn relative youth, we assume we’ll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
More Dick Cavett Quotes
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Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.
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I hate Danny Kaye movies.
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Electronic devices dislike me. There is never a day when something isn’t ailing.
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Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it’s hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to be what you are.
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I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
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Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with images.
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It was well after college that I learned about depression. I got my first job for Jack Paar. I realized I was sleeping 14 hours a day and just living for the Paar show.
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I’ve actually gotten so I don’t associate television with entertainment very much.
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There were several things a Yale freshman was supposed to be able to do. You had to demonstrate in the Olympic-size Yale pool that you could swim 50 yards or be inducted into swimming class.
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Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?
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I’m not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn’t really bother me.
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I don’t think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience’s reaction is from another.
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I’m not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.
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It’s not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.
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The emotions in all true anxiety dreams are next to unbearable.
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