Eric Burns Quotes
Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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I love Star City - it is my home.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
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I love pop music. I love drum and bass, Calvin Harris, all these electronic things, but it's nice to have something organic as well.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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I looked for great men, but all I found were the apes of their ideals.
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Though I'm not religious, I am interested in religion. I read a lot of history and I think it came out of that. I just think I couldn't understand certain eras of history without knowing what these people believed in.
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Stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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And that's the way it is.
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Give a man a hoe and he is something to exploit. Give him a book and he is something to fear.
