Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen Joseph Cannell) Quotes
I'm a very conservative businessman. I don't work on credit. My father was the guy who taught me how to think straight, not to delude myself and think I was larger than I was.
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God bless nannies.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground.
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I don't really yell at people.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the U.S.A. and China.
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I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
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Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.
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I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts.
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.
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If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.
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I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.
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If you allow fame to get the better of you, you become nuisance, a public nuisance, a nuisance as a friend, as a member of the family, a nuisance to yourself.
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I don't want artists to find themselves in a situation where there are only two buyers. That just doesn't seem like a good outcome.
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Like every young man growing up in the puritanical Eisenhower 1950s, I had a hell of a time getting laid. I suppose that's why I was always intrigued by, and terribly envious of men who had no trouble at all in bedding a vast variety of desirable women.
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When Obama was first proposed as a presidential candidate in 2007, the nation failed to have a meaningful debate concerning the serious constitutional issue of electing someone whose father was not a U.S. citizen.
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Well, I was very lucky. I was brought up west southwest coast of Scotland and my mother and father had a music shop, and so I was surrounded by pianos and drums and guitars, and music, of course.
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I'm a very conservative businessman. I don't work on credit. My father was the guy who taught me how to think straight, not to delude myself and think I was larger than I was.
