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You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#ambition #book #going #happens #least

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#government #how #inner #know #old

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#am #because #genius #hate #i

As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform. ↗

— Juliette Lewis

#five #i #perform #six #wanted

When I hit around 65, 66, I started to feel tremendous worth and incredible personal esteem. I was becoming very cognisant of my contribution to the American spirit of helping your fellow man and all of the good stuff. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#american spirit #around #becoming #contribution #esteem

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#being #day #egotistical #few #fulfilling

I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#anyone #camels #distrust #drink #else

I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#ate #doctor #faster #gave #get

Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#genius #people #right #right thing #right time

If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favor. ↗

— Joe E. Lewis

#favor #friend #him #make #man