Jonathan Frakes Quotes
I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I just kept it real and had the freedom to do what I want. It's not designed for any age group. It's not made for radio. There are no edits. The whole album contains explicit lyrics but that's because you need it.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I'm not graceful.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I like what I'm doing. If I didn't like what I was doing, I'd be doing something else.
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Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.
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People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent of their childhood and of what their parents listened to.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx.
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I've always thought that we, as human beings, would be naive and arrogant to pretend that we're the only life form in the galaxy.
