James Arness Quotes
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I have a great office.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.
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Making music is so spiritual. I'm not a spiritual person, but music is sacred to me.
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Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a great melody doesn't deserve great lyrics.
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When you look at me on the telly and say, 'She should be on 'The Undateables,'' you are looking at a 59-year-old woman. That is what 59-year-old women who have not had work done look like. Get it?
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I had the privilege of working with so many great actors over the years.
