Dick Van Dyke Quotes

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Dick Van Dyke

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 13, 1925

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

Dick Van Dyke

I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.

Dick Van Dyke

My father made about $25 a week. We always lived just on the edge.

Dick Van Dyke

I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.

Dick Van Dyke

Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.

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My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.

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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 love to harmonize.

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It's quite hard to act yourself all the time.

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I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.

Dick Van Dyke