Craig T. Nelson Quotes
I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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An unmarried adult who cannot navigate the welfare system has no choice but to work, but a married working parent is constantly evaluating the relative merits of staying home with the kids versus bringing home that second paycheck.
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Why is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder, the concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women's voices?
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Searching for our kindred dead isn't just a hobby. It is a fundamental responsibility for all members of the Church. We believe that life continues after death and that all will be resurrected.
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Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.
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When it comes right down to it, whatever business you're in, you're in the people business. After all, people prefer to do business with people and companies they find likeable.
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I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.
