Sid Waddell Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier.
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When we started, we thought about the scale of the Internet - if everyone was using the service at the same time, what would that look like?
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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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I am just reflecting the times. I can't ignore them.
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I'd do the same things, but I'd be a little more quiet.
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Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
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During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
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We have a 25-year head start for the stories of 'Scorpion.' By the time we get to Season Two and Three, the stuff that happened because of Season One will actually fuel Season Three. So it'll become a self-sustainable show.
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I love fashion - I really feel it's where I belong.
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I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.
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There are so many conditions to programming in America, where it's dominated by these people that own 800 radio stations that have no idea who to play and who not to play, and they listen to somebody or read somebody else's programming sheet and go by Buck Owens' opinion or something. Eight hundred stations are controlled by some guy that doesn't have a clue as to what to do about music.
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Drugs have destroyed many people. But wrong government policies have destroyed many more.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
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Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.
