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Circus Performer Inspirational Quotes (708)

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How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.
W. C. Fields
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On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.
Buffalo Bill
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Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s where you start feeling yourself living.
Philippe Petit
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It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.
Wavy Gravy
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I am so blessed. How blessed I am to have the life that I have.
Nik Wallenda
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One difference between artists and ordinary people is that artists have big egos. In some cases, it's the only difference.
Charles Atlas
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I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.
W. C. Fields
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
Patrick Dempsey
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Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.
Marcel Marceau
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In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.
Penn Jillette
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Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
Red Skelton
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If you think you can fall, you're more likely to.
Nik Wallenda
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A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.
Patrick Dempsey
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It's a wonderful thing, the D.T.'s. You can travel the world in a couple of hours. You see some mighty funny and curious things that come in assorted colors.
W. C. Fields
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Never mind what I told you - you do as I tell you.
W. C. Fields
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Comedy is taken care of by a free market.
Penn Jillette
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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.
Penn Jillette
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Obviously I am not the young man who came to Hollywood in 1946
Burt Lancaster
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I improve on misquotation.
Cary Grant
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In every big city there is always one surefire laugh, and that lies in hanging some piece of idiocy upon the people of a nearby city or town.
W. C. Fields
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I had many enemies among the Sioux I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
Buffalo Bill
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I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.
W. C. Fields
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W. C. Fields, a lifetime agnostic, was discovered reading a Bible on his deathbed. ''I'm looking for a loop-hole,'' he explained.
W. C. Fields
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My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
Buffalo Bill
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