William Shatner Quotes
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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It's all about racing on the track.
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Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
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I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be slightly elusive. Hard to grasp, hard to find.
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The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.
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Received wisdom is that if you spend time up front getting the design right, you avoid costs later. But the longer you spend getting the design right, the more your upfront costs are, and the longer it takes for the software to start earning.
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I still think that God means everything to everyone, whether they understand it or not or can see for themselves.
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It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
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I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.
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I've been hot, I've been lukewarm, I've been freezing, but I've always been a headliner.
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I find women much more interesting than dudes.
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If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.
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If I weren't musical, then I would have just published a book, you know? But I'm lucky enough to play piano, and so I use piano to convert my poems.
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I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.
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Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.
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I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast - especially Dave Foley - so I think I did a terrible job.
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The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves.
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In Utero is a testament to the artistic vision of Kurt Cobain. It's kind of a weird record, and it's strangely beautiful at the same time. And if you look at Kurt's paintings and his drawings - he even did a sculpture for me - it's a rising, tortured-spirit person. It's kind of weird. It's done well, but it's like what Dave was saying about having your own sound. Kurt was a great songwriter. He knew he had a good ear for a hook [and was] a great singer, great guitar player, and In Utero is a good representation of what he liked in art and how he expressed himself.
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The essence of a sculpture must enter on tip-toe, as light as animal footprints on snow.
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One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.
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The deeper men go into life, the deeper is their conviction that this life is not all. It is an unfinished symphony. A day may round out an insect's life, and a bird or a beast needs no tomorrow. Not so with him who knows that he is related to God and has felt the power of an endless life.
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You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.
