William Shatner Quotes
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
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I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I'm doing something wrong.
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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.
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There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through the clefts, and the crashing of the acorn from the oak. The cry of the little birdeen in under the silence of the hawk!
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I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.
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We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.
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Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.
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He was not so anxious to prove himself right, as to be so.
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I can think of nothing worse than a think-tank where everybody agreed.
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Money is like manure, it should be spread around.
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A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.
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I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.
