Jonathan Frakes Quotes
I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?
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Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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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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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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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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The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that say that they don't even listen to this kind of music, but, 'We love watching the show.'
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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Luxury is a state of mind.
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When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.
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Our experiences of the Solstice depends entirely upon where we are when it occurs. Neither Solstice encompasses everyone. Neither can. The Solstices stand forever opposed, literally at the two poles of our Earth and experiences.
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Where liberty dies, evil grows.
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When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.
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Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.
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I don't have a TV, and I don't have a radio.
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Official history is merely a veil to hide the truth of what really happened. When the veil is lifted, again and again we see that not only is the official version not true, it is often 100% wrong.
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You show people playing poker or hacking into a computer; it feels so significant in the script, and then when you see it on the screen, it loses something. But there's something about cooking - food being prepared is incredibly captivating. It became just a fun box of tools to use as a director.
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I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
