Lynn Swann Quotes
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
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Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift.
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I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.
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I've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
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I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.
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It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to get outs.
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life... I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't - I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense.
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Nothing matters if we aren't safe... The world has never been more dangerous than it is today.
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Saturday night at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it's important to teach kids about American culture, and films are certainly a big part of it.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.
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I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.
