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Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.

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I was the worst game show host that ever lived, and I knew it.

Game, Games, Host, Show, Worst

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.

Community, Tolerance, Meaning Of Life, Meaning

I decided, when I started having kids, that I'd try not to do anything that I wouldn't be proud for them to see. I've kind of stuck with that, and I don't regret that at all, although I've lost money and passed up a lot of projects because of it. But I feel good about that.

Regret, Kids, Feel Good, Although, Having

Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.

Adults, Children, Disney, Inner, Said, Two

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just. . . for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

Comedy, Found, Impossible, Kind

I think that's the answer to a good marriage. Everyone has their own room.

Answers, Good, Marriage, Room, Rooms, Thinking

When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't dance. ' He said, 'We'll teach you what you need to know. '

Bye, Champion, Dance, Gower, Jobs

Jon Stewart kills me. I love him. And Bill Maher. He does an hour on HBO. But entirely political. It is awfully rough, but he does make me laugh.

Hbo, I Love Him, Laughing, Love, Rough, Stewart

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show business. I didn't move in show business circles, particularly, still don't do it.

Business, Circles, Move, Moving, Way

We spent a lot of time together and had a great time with Mary Tyler Moore. And just working with her was like improv.

Had A Great Time, Improv, Like, Spent, Time Together, Together

I've got plenty of arthritis. But if you keep moving, it won't bother you that much. That's why old guys stiffen up. They forget they have to get out of their chairs and do something. You let the moss grow over, it's your own fault.

Bother, Guy, Guys, Moss, Moving

I'm gonna keep singing and dancing as long as I can.

Long, Dancing, Singing

I've met presidents, but I've never performed for one. I said it was the first time in 50 years I actually had butterflies. You know, the Obamas were sitting out there, the Supreme Court, Maya Angelou, and Desmond Tutu for God's sake, all in the front row.

Actually, Butterfly, First Time, Know, Obamas, President

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

Age, Ground, Keep Moving, Moving, Tapping

[My mother] once cooked a ham and later found it in my father's shirt drawer. I am not kidding.

Father, Found, Ham, Mother, Shirt

Some people never change their mind through their whole lives, about anything, despite new information that comes in. And now that we know that homosexuality is not a choice, it's biological, I think we have to love and understand them.

Choices, Homosexuality, Know, Mind, People, Thinking

The secret to keeping moving is keeping moving.

Moving, Secret, Keeping

I went public with the alcoholism, very early on. . . the early '70s. Mercedes McCambridge, the actress, I think was the first recognizable person that went before Congress and talked about it, and I thought that was a good idea, to take some of the stigma away from it and say "Normal, average people can fall prey to it. " So it's been public for me. I did a movie about an alcoholic. And today, you're nobody unless you've been to rehab. It seems like everybody has some kind of an addiction.

Average, Fall, Mccambridge, People, Talked, Thinking

Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning

Love Is, Giving, And Love, Meaning, Essential, Nutrient

I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people.

Children, People, Four

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