Harry Morgan (Harry Bratsberg) Quotes
If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... Id never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life.
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I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.
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I'm not going to raise the debt ceiling.
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As a dancer running around the world, I always questioned whether that's what I wanted to do.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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Only by fighting for democratic power do workers educate themselves up to the level of being able to wield that power.
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I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.
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Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.
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One must be entirely sensitive to the structure of the material that one is handling. One must yield to it in tiny details of execution, perhaps the handling of the surface or grain, and one must master it as a whole.
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I have always believed that there is a need for life-affirming films.
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If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... Id never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life.
