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Dick Van Dyke


Born
in West Plains, MO, The United States
December 13, 1925


Dick Van Dyke, the star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dick Van Dyke Show, has received five Emmy awards, a Tony, and a Grammy. In 2013, he received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. He is also the bestselling author of My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. He lives in Malibu, California.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 21,808 ratings · 3,031 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
My Lucky Life in and Out of...
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Keep Moving: And Other Trut...
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“You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.”
― Dick Van Dyke, My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business
tags: humor, life-and-living
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“It means you never know what's going to happen,' I said. 'You do your best, then take your chances. Everything else is beyond our control.”
― Dick Van Dyke, My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business
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“We should never judge a day by its weather.”
― Dick Van Dyke, Faith, Hope and Hilarity: The Child's Eye View of Religion
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Polls

This poll is for the 'first' quarterly Non-fiction selection in our BT group. We had an outstanding response in nominations, with even more members holding off for the next quarter. I can only hope to see a book discussion that is half as lively.

Should we have a tie, there will be a very short 3 day additional poll to select one winner this quarter. However, if this non-fiction selection stays this popular - there could be multiple winners in the future. Time and thread participation will tell...

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