William Shatner Quotes
Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.
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Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
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I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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The parts I've got to create are a little bit different to a lot of guys my age.
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Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.
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Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.
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Of all the projects I've ever done, 'Stargate' is the only one from the beginning intended to be a trilogy. We always wanted to do parts two and three, but the thinking was they didn't want to do anything other than the TV series.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they saw something was 'Captain America,' and he called me, and he was so elated.
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Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real.
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Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.
