Cary Grant Quotes

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My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

Cary Grant

Life, Morning, Simple

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There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

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Thinking, Unhappy, Growing

Nancy Lynn Nelson, Cary Grant (1991). “Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best”, William Morrow & Company

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I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

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Writing, Self Improvement, Self Help

"Quotable Cary". www.pbs.org. May 25, 2005.

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Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

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Kindness, Destiny, Volunteer

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Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

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Essence, Simplicity, Taste

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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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Life, Hurt, Law

"Love - That's All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About" by Sheilah Graham, www.carygrant.net. June 1964.

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When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

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People, Looks, Young

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

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Details, Add, Small Details

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

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Relationship, Money, Sex

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We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

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Smell, Should, Enjoy

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I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

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Acting, Wanted, Persons

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Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

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Inspirational, Jobs, Order

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I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.

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Fashion, Father, Clothes

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Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

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Angel, Bishops, Fool

"Fictional character: Dudley". "The Bishop's Wife", www.imdb.com. 1947.

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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.

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Anxiety, Insecurity, May

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All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

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Simple, Secret, Well Dressed

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Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

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Inspirational, Respect, Children

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I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.

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Writing, Spy, Nazi

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

Cary Grant

Teacher, Style, Done

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To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

Cary Grant

Writing, People, World

Nancy Lynn Nelson, Cary Grant (1991). “Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best”, William Morrow & Company

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I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.

Cary Grant

Self, Giving, Experience

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There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.

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Ocean, Ifs

"Fictional character: Nickie". "An Affair to Remember", www.imdb.com. 1957.

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There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.

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Stars, Names, Bankers

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

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Father, Suits, Dignity

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It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

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Shoes, Four, Pairs

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Born: January 18, 1904
Died: November 29, 1986
Occupation: Film actor
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