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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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 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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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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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
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Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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I was rubbish at school.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
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Heidegger surf-boards along on the electronic wave as triumphantly as Descartes rode the mechanical wave. (p. 280)
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At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.
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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.
