As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

Dick Van Dyke
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  1. I didn't know the answers, but I could feel that the things that gave life meaning came from a place within and from the nurturing of values like tolerance, charity, and community.

  2. The show became its own little world, with its own internal rhythm and high standards.

  3. He wanted the show to be fresh to audiences 50 years down the line.

  4. You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

  5. In general, things either work out or they don’t, and if they don’t, you figure out something else, a plan B. There’s nothing wrong with plan B.

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