Cary Grant Quotes

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It always amazes me that those who fight for the luxuries of life, are the first to resent those who have them. Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.

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Anyone can do well … It's all out there waiting for you to take. But first you must reach out and get it. You must work for your riches. You cannot expect it to fall into your lap.

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Don't go to extremes. Don't hate too much and don't love too much. Try to live somewhere in the middle. Hate destroys the hater. And if you love too much you get too involved and you cannot see too clearly. Love and hate are like night and day. They do exist together and you must accept them both, but you must also understand them and be in control of both emotions. It is peaceful in the middle. You won't be hurt in the middle.

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Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.

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It takes five hundred small details to add up to one favorable impression.

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Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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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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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.

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You must learn to live within yourself … You must establish the values by which you live. You must first recognize the need, and if it is right you will be amazed at how things will open up.

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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.

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I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.

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Question: how old cary grant?
Answer: old cary grant fine. how you?

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I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.

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When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

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

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I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining. Elsie Mendl was a great friend of mine for many, many years. And I remember the creed by which she lived: Never complain, never explain. Just think of the people you know who are always explaining their mistakes. It merely rubs the whole thing in. You're reminded again of the mistake. And no one believes the explanation anyway.

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