Honorary Quotes
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Honour Quotes
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[yo 1979 Academy Awards show writer Buz Kohan, after receiving his honorary Oscar] God, I mucked that up. I had no idea what I was saying but I didn`t want to stop.
Laurence Olivier
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[Returning to Los Angeles after a 20-year self-imposed exile to accept his honorary Oscar in 1971] Thank you so much. This is an emotional moment for me and words seem so futile, so feeble . . . I can only say that . . . thank you for the honor of invitin...
Charlie Chaplin
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1970 Honorary Oscar acceptance speech: "You know that I may never look at this without remembering the quiet patience of directors who were so kind to me, who were kind enough to put up with me more than once, some of them even three or four times. I trus...
Cary Grant
Keywords: 1970 :: acceptance :: at :: directors :: enough :: even :: four :: honorary :: kind :: know :: look :: may :: me :: more :: never :: of :: once :: or :: oscar :: patience :: put :: quiet :: remembering :: so :: some :: speech :: than :: that :: the :: them :: this :: three :: times :: to :: trust :: up :: were :: who :: with :: without :: youSource: imdb.com -
[on being told he was being awarded an honorary knighthood] What an honor and what a surprise for a boy born in England, raised in Cleveland and schooled in vaudeville.
Bob Hope
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On receiving an honorary British knighthood: You have permission to call me anything you want - except sir, all right? Lord of lords, your demigodness, that`ll do.
Bono
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I really loved doing the stunts. I had a lot of stunt women, because they all did something different, but I ended up doing most of the fights myself. The stunt guys taught me how to throw a punch, and eventually I became an honorary member of the Stunt W...
Lynda Carter
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Any list of advice I have to offer to a musician always ends with, `If it itches, go and see a doctor.` [on getting an honorary degree from Boston`s Berklee College of Music]
David Bowie
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[upon being awarded his second honorary Academy Award in 1979, an Oscar statuette for Lifetime Achievement, "for the full body of his work, for the unique achievements of his entire career and his lifetime of contribution to the art of film," presented by...
Laurence Olivier
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You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.
Neil Simon
Keywords: are :: as :: comedy :: degrees :: fact :: generally :: get :: given :: honorary :: in :: into :: it :: led :: life :: low :: matter :: me :: must :: my :: of :: people :: present :: realize :: regular :: sat :: schools :: scores :: that :: the :: them :: to :: too :: vocation :: was :: way :: were :: whose :: youSource: brainyquote.com -
Wherever there are rock `n` rollers, we`ll play. That`s what we`ve been doing for more than 30 years - rock `n` roll. It`s made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.
Ronnie Hawkins
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Wherever there are rock `n` rollers, we`ll play. That`s what we`ve been doing for more than 30 years - rock `n` roll. It`s made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.
Ronnie Hawkins
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We are excited that our guests will have an opportunity to be honorary Ski Team members for a day. New England skiers have an opportunity to share their devoted passion toward winter sports as the U.S. teams try to bring home the gold.
Debbie Moore
Keywords: an :: are :: as :: be :: bring :: day :: devoted :: england :: excited :: for :: gold :: guests :: have :: home :: honorary :: members :: new :: opportunity :: our :: passion :: share :: ski :: skiers :: sports :: team :: teams :: that :: the :: their :: to :: toward :: try :: we :: will :: winterSource: thinkexist.com -
This is in honor of what he`s done for Odessa and for Odessa College. There`s no remuneration. It`s just an honorary title. But it`s one he deserves.
Gary Johnson
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
Iris Chang
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I have actually five honorary degrees.
Katherine Dunham
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Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.
Karel Capek
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Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.
Amanda Sabia
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A friend of ours came up with the idea. Wouldn`t it be nice to get (Rich) an honorary letter?
Arnon Begani
