Curtis Armstrong Quotes
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.
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I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.
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I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work.
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Listening back to your speaking voice for the first time, unless you're James Earl Jones, it's a quite distressing process for most people.
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It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.
