William Shatner Quotes
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There were many times when I kept silent about being Jewish as I got older, when Jewish jokes were told.
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Conquest is easy. Control is not.
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And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.
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Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
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I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two.
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I love the concept of togetherness and the entwinement of marriage.
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When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.
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Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers.
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I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.
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Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
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Let women figure out why they won't sleep with you. Don't do their work for them.
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You might as well aim high. Why shoot yourself in the foot when you can shoot yourself in the head?
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The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.
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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.
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Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.
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What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?
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If you read my books, especially the Star Trek books and the Quest for Tomorrow books, you'll see in them the core theme of the basic humanistic questions that Star Trek asked.
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I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder.
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I love to go to a movie, get a Diet Coke and a barrel of popcorn, and sit there with my kids and watch a film.
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I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.
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Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
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I've been in a multimedia extravaganza for 50 years and it's gone by so quickly that it's unimaginable. And it's also a major part of my life that has gone by.
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I love technology. Matches, to light a fire is really high tech. The wheel is REALLY one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that I am an ignoramus about technology. I once looked for the 'ON' button on the computer and came to find out it was on the back. Then I thought, anyone who would put the 'on' switch on the back, where you can't find it, doesn't do any good for my psyche. The one time I did get the computer on, I couldn't turn the damn thing off!
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Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.