Erin Gray Quotes
Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
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My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.
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I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional.
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After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.
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I don't deny that I had a very privileged upbringing, but my parents and that town maintained a sense of normalcy that I think many people find hard to achieve, and I am so grateful for that.
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Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.
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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.
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If that agreement is not implemented by force on the ground, it will not be effective.
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Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
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I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.
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The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.
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When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job.
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I'm shooting a pilot based on my show. It's a one-camera show. I play myself.
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From a business standpoint, it's always benefited me. The more I give, the more I get back.
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The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.
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Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
