William Shatner Quotes
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Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.
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Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse
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Conquest is easy. Control is not.
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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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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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I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two.
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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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Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
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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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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 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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What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?
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A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.
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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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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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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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Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
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The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying nature of being is weird.
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Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
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I love to evoke the bones and meat and thoughts of characters.
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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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Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.
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I played comedies and dramas.