Paul Kantner Quotes
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.
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When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.
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The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.
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If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room for anyone else.
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So I have been careful about where I go and who I hang out with because if you tell someone the wrong thing, then it's everywhere.
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God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.
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I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
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I decided to be a part of 'Bajrangi'... because I felt that it tells a very relevant story.
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The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.
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Under Superintendent Johnson's leadership, our police department is on a path to earn the respect of every community in the City of Chicago.
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I like when you watch a film and you feel like you're a part of somebody's life for an hour and a half.
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You need to invent things and you need to get them to people. You need to commercialize those inventions. Obviously, the best way we've come up with doing that is through companies.
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I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future.
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Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.
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Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese.
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Gold is now money with reference to all other commodities only because it was previously, with reference to them, a simple commodity.
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I'm always flattered when the Leprechauns are listed in these 'Top Tens' of horror characters among Freddy Kruger and Jason, which were the characters I grew up 'admiring,' if that's the right word.
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'When we inherit stolen wealth in a will, we would live under a stolen future – thereby mortgaging our future. Remember, what comes from God goes to Him. What comes from truth goes to truth. What comes from stealing goes to stealing. What comes from destruction goes to destruction.'
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Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.
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The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.
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The entertainment industry is loaded with extraordinarily talented people. But the true, genuine originals, they're rare.
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I wouldn't have expected an audience of ours to burn down our equipment.
