As the Chinese will tell you, history depends on your point of view.
TIM ALLENI blend memories. I blend them into one that’s funny. I exaggerate to clarify.
More Tim Allen Quotes
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In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.
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But separate a man from his car – that’s inhuman.
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I have an only child. She’s so independent and good with adults.
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I grew up around hunters. I love guns, bows, arrows, compasses and binoculars. I don’t do any of that stuff, I just like the stuff. I shot one animal, in my life, and I didn’t like it. If I had to skin an animal to eat it, I’d probably eat vegetables.
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I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I’ve never gotten over it.
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When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away. I was there buck naked, humiliated, sitting in my own crap and urine – this is a metaphor. My ego had run off. Your ego is the biggest coward.
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I think there’s a percentage that don’t realize, that don’t know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It’s more of a it’s not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.
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My comedy is not mine. It’s a gift. I’m not that smart.
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Be wary of listening to stories secondhand.
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Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we’re just the tallest people living here.
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Real men don’t use instructions, son. Besides, this is just the manufacturer’s opinion on how to put this together.
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They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times.
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The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
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I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, “Dad’s an idiot,” which lasted a little longer than I’d like.
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I’m a creative guy, artistically with graphics.
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