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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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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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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Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.
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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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If you can be who you are on camera, which is not easy, then I think you're going to be successful.
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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What is important to me is that the world understand that the problems of the Dead Sea concern not only residents of the region but humanity.
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Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.
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I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.
