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It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

- Tony Curtis

Star, Paint, Watercolors, Human Condition

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.

- Tony Curtis

Always, Budapest, Instance, Mayors

The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.

- Tony Curtis

Money, School, Government, Enough Money

I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.

- Tony Curtis

Woman, Caught, Old Enough, Marrying

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.

- Tony Curtis

City, Around, Note, Towers

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

- Tony Curtis

World, Before, Bronx, Neighborhood

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had.

- Tony Curtis

Husband, I Think, About, Battles

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

- Tony Curtis

Never, Know, Chickens, Organically

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

- Tony Curtis

Good, Timing, Due, Longevity

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

- Tony Curtis

Good, Friends, Used, Good Friends

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

- Tony Curtis

Navy, Tender, Hoping, Pacific

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove.

- Tony Curtis

Woman, New, Away, Stove

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me.

- Tony Curtis

World, Everywhere, Recognise, Affection

I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.

- Tony Curtis

Could, Worked, Period, Enviable

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.

- Tony Curtis

My Life, Career, Been, All My Life

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.

- Tony Curtis

Always, Move, Still, Packed

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

- Tony Curtis

Play, Actor, Always, Latter

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to meet them and spend a few special moments with all those who helped me through my filmed career.

- Tony Curtis

Career, Will, Through, Helped

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

- Tony Curtis

Mind, Very, Site, Twisted

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.

- Tony Curtis

Navy, Took, Fed, Enlisted

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

- Tony Curtis

Vegas, Like, Spontaneity

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.

- Tony Curtis

Television, Movie, Been, Ended

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

- Tony Curtis

Song, Opera, Singer, Paint

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world.

- Tony Curtis

Florida, Show, Display, Pieces

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.

- Tony Curtis

Movies, Made, Mine, Showing

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

- Tony Curtis

Enjoy, Environment, Being, Recognized

I look at everything in an artistic way.

- Tony Curtis

Look, Everything, Way, Artistic

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.

- Tony Curtis

Wait, Ring, Around, Telephone

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.

- Tony Curtis

Lucky, Feel, Meant, Privileged

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

- Tony Curtis

Painting, More, Than, Therapy

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