Nolan Ryan (Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.) Quotes
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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You see, I was never a big fan of contemporary movies because they always make actresses and actors look too perfect.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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The ocean is the lifeblood of our world. If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by overfishing; or if we were to lose some of our favorite beaches to overbuilding and pollution, then how would we feel? It's become a case of not knowing what you've got until it's gone.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
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My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis.
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My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.
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Civility is a choice.
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That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.
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I was born in Riverside and spent my whole growing-up years in Florence, a little township on the Delaware River. I tell people that I'm from the West Coast of New Jersey.
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I'm perceived as someone who goes out and searches for new music, but it was all present in my household.
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Difficulty is our most reliable narrative engine.
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I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the next anything, I'm the first me. I can't be myself, I can't just be Idris Elba. But that's just the nature of the business.
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You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old.
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One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.
