William Shatner Quotes
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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I'm at the transition place myself, still playing high school girls but moving to a stage when I'm playing older roles and going to the places of stillness and wisdom and knowledge and weight. It's exciting and scary.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. I didn't cause their murder. But if I'm suffering because of it, it's my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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As far as guys who perform onstage, I love Chris Rock. I'm kind of jaded on everyone else.
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It's kind of cool to have the whole country at your back. Not just a city, but the whole country is rooting for you.
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To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.
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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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Do not make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans or they will treat you like dogs.
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I fell headfirst into a sinkhole of pretty things, and the world inside your eyelids is just as big as the one outside.
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(Shortly after Germany forced Denmark to sign a non-aggression pact in 1939) How nice. Now the Germans can sleep in peace, knowing that they will not be invaded by us.
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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
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Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them.
