Kirk Douglas Quotes

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• My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a…
• A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think…
• Life is like a B-picture script. It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.
• I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He…
• The best wine comes from home, wherever it is.
• The biggest lie is the lie we tell ourselves in the distorted visions we have of ourselves, blocking out some sections, enhancing others. What remains…
• Now, why is it that most of us can talk openly about the illnesses of our bodies, but when it comes to our brain and…
• Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
• You have not learned to live until you have learned to give
• Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?
• Since my stroke, I have begun to see so many miracles all around me. I look out of the window in my room: verdant grass,…
• You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.
• The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually.
• My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.
• Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we…
• Streets crowded with people strolling, or sitting at outdoor cafes. And always, talking, gesturing, singing, laughing. I liked Rome immediately.Everybody was a performer.
• The only advantage I have found in being Jewish is that I can be openly anti-Semitic.
• When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back.
• Maybe there is no peace in this world. I don't know ... But I know as long as we live we must stay true to…
• Virtue is not photogenic.

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