Alex Trebek Quotes
I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
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When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around him and say, 'Let me take care of you.'
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When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.
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As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
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I then moved to LA when I was 16... but before that I had done a play on Broadway.
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There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
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There is no denying that unhappiness - even violence - exists in some arranged marriages. Or that some arranged marriages are borne out of cruelty. And part of that six percent global divorce rate can be attributed to the powerful stigma against divorce that's present in countries where arranged marriage is common.
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When Congress legislates in haste, it often causes more problems than it solves. But Congress rarely reconsiders its mistakes.
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As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence.
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Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge.
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I've become a captive of my own ambitions.
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Justice is indivisible. You can't decide who gets civil rights and who doesn't.
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You want to be commander-in-chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it's not politically convenient.
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I dealt with people with diverse political views. If you find people who are your political opponents, and talk to them for an hour, chances are you're going to like them, and they're not full of hate.
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I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I've never been any good at it. But I really wanted to work with the director Tim Carroll and Mark Rylance.
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You don’t think of Shakespeare being a child, do you? Shakespeare being seven? He was seven at some point. He was in somebody’s English class, wasn’t he? How annoying would that be?
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Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace.
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I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
