William Shatner Quotes
Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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Excellence always sells.
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I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I've gotten older, that's just matured in me.
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.
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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.
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Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
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Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That's what death is for. That's why they keep telling this story. It's the only story.
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The Internet was invented in America but has found its largest number of users in China.
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I remember, for my fifth birthday, Chet Baker sat me on the upright piano, and he played just for me for a few minutes. I can still remember the pressure of the air on my chest. It was my first physical contact with sound.
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Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?
