Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen Joseph Cannell) Quotes
I'm generally a very happy guy because I'm doing what I want. I'm willing to tell you that there are people who are much better than I am in writing. I don't have to be the fastest gun in the West.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes!
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I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy.
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Although China is not so wealthy and powerful as the West, her people of whatever condition - rich or poor, high or low - all enjoy a perfect freedom and a happy life. Not so all the inhabitants of Western lands.
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I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.
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You know when you have a good relationship with someone when you are just perfectly happy to be quiet and just hang out and do nothing.
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As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
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I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
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I don't want to have so many exes.
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'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.
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Yeah, I had done a lot of television in the '60s and I was dying to get into the movies. I was just sure I should be in the movies.
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It's great, I guess, when your paintings are hanging up in a museum.
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I don't run the triathlons anymore like I used to. I do leg work on the machines and do the bike. I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I'm still good.
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Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.
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So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.
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I'm generally a very happy guy because I'm doing what I want. I'm willing to tell you that there are people who are much better than I am in writing. I don't have to be the fastest gun in the West.
