Ed Begley, Jr. Quotes
I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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People take things so seriously.
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.
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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.
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People can drink with their eyes; I can eat with my nose.
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Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
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My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
