Bruce Davison Quotes
A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My message to business leaders is clear: If you are looking to expand your business and boost the bottom line, there is no better place than Utah to do it.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
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I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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I have a view that if you build something that's good, and you keep making it better, it lasts.
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The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.
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When I first met my husband, he had a very good job - company car, pension plan, grudging respect from his staff - the lot. I, on the other hand, was badly paid and devoid of ambition. Then I had a couple of books published and confounded all expectations by starting to earn more than he did.
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You look at Michael McDonald and people like that; I think they just tried to write music that was true to themselves. That's our bottom line. Whatever people view us as, I think as long as we try to create good music that will win out in the end.
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A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.
