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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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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By now, you've probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
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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.