Jamie Farr Quotes
Some people came up with story lines where Colonel Potter moves in with Klinger, and we become a 1950s' odd couple. I said, 'Come on, let's do something significant.'
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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At 10, I heard Neil Diamond's 'Solitary Man' and it moved me so deeply I stood, frozen in place during school recess, feeling such empathy for the narrator in Diamond's masterpiece that my heart was smashed.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
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My dad told me he wanted me to join in the business, but nothing was firm. He was quite young when he died, so we hadn't talked about it in depth.
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You cannot just switch football on and off; it's intense. There were times when I probably shouldn't have got involved in certain things and said certain things, but you feel that sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe. Maybe the supporters looked to me to stand up as well.
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I made it real clear to the business community - if your plan for innovation is to trick people, is to fool them, is not to tell them the truth about the price, then you're right: I'm going to be right in the way.
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Some people came up with story lines where Colonel Potter moves in with Klinger, and we become a 1950s' odd couple. I said, 'Come on, let's do something significant.'
