Ed Asner Quotes
I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
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Now that our kids are getting older, they need their space. We dug out the basement so they will have a place to go crazy in the wintertime. My son is already talking about how he's going to make a skateboard ramp. It's just a mosh pit down there, so they can do whatever they want. We're not even going to finish it.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the presidency in his own right and to pass his Great Society legislation through Congress.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK.
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I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
