William Shatner Quotes
Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got.
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I am tone deaf.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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There is a disturbing reincarnation of socialist and nationalist dictatorships raising their heads around the world and even in our own back yard. You see it in places like Venezuela and Bolivia, stoked in no small part by Cuba, and also in Central Asia, and troubling trends in Russia and China.
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History is not hatred.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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I don't think you should limit what you read.
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There's a system in place in Nashville, and for a long time, I was trapped in this idea that the only way to do it was to come to town, get a record deal, and do it the way they say. And that system works. But it caters to a specific kind of artist, and I didn't necessarily fit that mold.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
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You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
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Struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wiser and happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time. Life isn't always lovely, but it's a beautiful ride.
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I'd rather go to sleep than find a girl.
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I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.
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While the sun God will may your day, sing as a song in search of a voice that is silent, and the one God will make for your way.
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Right now everything looks so strange to me, as if I don't belong here. It's me that's out of place. And the worst thing is that I feel there's somewhere I do belong, but I just can't find it.
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I can't even look my mama in her eyes I put you through so much and I apologize I'm cashing checks I hope these hunnids stop the crying Where I'm from they only love you when you die
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I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real foundation of any serious and original school of composition to be developed in the United States.
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I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you put on that record that makes the difference whether you sell it or not or are able to get it into people's households.
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Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got.
