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Hail to the Chief was played, and the President got up and made a gracious opening remark. I've been in this office for six years, and yet every time I hear that music, I turn around wondering who they're playing it for.
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas
Age: 103 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 2020
Died: February 5
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Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.
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A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.
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I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life.
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If I have to speak in public, I am terrified.
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Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back?
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Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.
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I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
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When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.
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I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more.
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