William Petersen Quotes
Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.
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A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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Language does not make one an elite.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New Orleans on tour and I'd been told my great grandfather had lived way back up in the woods among the evergreens in a log cabin. I revived the era with a song about a coloured boy named Johnny B. Goode. My first thought was to make his life follow as my own had come along, but I thought it would seem biased to white fans to say 'coloured boy' and changed it to 'country boy'.
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I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.
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For most of the countries I visit, getting affordable energy in the hands of the people is a preoccupation.
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Progress can be unglamorous.
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The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties.
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Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work.
