I hailed from a tough neighborhood. I was once attacked by a man with a knife. I knew he wasn’t a professional, the knife had butter on it.

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"My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."

- Rodney Dangerfield

Love

"I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it."

- Rodney Dangerfield

Self-awareness

"My uncle's dying wish – he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair."

- Rodney Dangerfield

Adversity

"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

- Rodney Dangerfield

Creativity

"On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me."

- Rodney Dangerfield

Ambition

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

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