G. W. Bailey Quotes
I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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I never look at how many songs I have or how many girls are there in a movie. If I like my character, I play it.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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Wherever I go, people recognize me, call my name, cheer me.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.
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Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character who has bipolar disorder and is also a love-sick vampire attending an English school called Hogwarts. But I'm not giving up.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
