Persis Khambatta Quotes
I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original 'Star Trek' motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight on me.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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Editing and post-production is so important with comedy.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.
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I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you.
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God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.
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It is a general truth that students of language in every era try to colonize some or all of the other human sciences.
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Biographies, as generally written, are not only misleading but false... In most instances, they commemorate a lie and cheat posterity out of the truth.
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To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.
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One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
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If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.
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It (designing) has everything. It’s difficult, it’s hard work, it’s harassing, it’s full of drama. I don’t quite know where I got my ambition but I have it. I go into things with an optimistic point of view and I look at it straight and try to make it the biggest and best success I can. But the thing that holds my interest always is MORE; what’s next, what’s going to be the next exciting thing.
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I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original 'Star Trek' motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight on me.
