287 Quotes by Dick Van Dyke

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    Everyone should dance. And everyone should sing. People say, 'Well, I can't sing.' Everybody can sing. That you do it badly is no reason not to sing.

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    Pandering to the scandal hungry public is a total lack of responsible journalism.

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    Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.

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    I have a beautiful, young wife who sings and dances, so there's a lot of duetting going on at my house.

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    The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.

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    As for my studies in school, I was a solid student. I was strong in English and Latin, but I got lost anytime the subject included math. I wish I had paid more attention to biology and science in general, subjects that came to interest me as an adult. I could have gotten better marks, but I never took a book home, never did homework.

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    I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.

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