Gary Burghoff Quotes
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat.
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When I was still playing with dolls, I became aware of this terrible and incomprehensible thing for me: My father was not treated the same as others; we are not treated the same as others.
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Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.
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It is the wind and the rain, O God, the cold and the storm that make this earth of yours to blossom and bear its fruit. So in our lives it is storm and stress and hurt and suffering that make real men and women bring the world's work to its highest perfection.
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At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller.
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I am offered work all the time but not for TV series.
