Ted Danson Quotes
My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.
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I love New York. It's hard to explain, but it's the energy of the city. It's not like L.A. where everything is spread out.
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One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.
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I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan: to graduate high school and go to culinary school.
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My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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When people take advantage of you and make a business out of it, that's not nice.
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I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be like Lauryn Hill or Nicki Minaj or killing everything before somebody takes you seriously.
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'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for that part, for James Malone. And... I was the casting director's first choice for James Malone.
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There is no failure except in no longer trying.
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The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.
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I read every draft of every episode of every series produced at FX.
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My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.
