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" Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job. "
Dennis Quaid
Every Day
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" Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together. "
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" I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times. "
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" I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart. "
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" I don't know if I'd want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it's exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn't come through a doorway off of a stairwell. "
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" If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do. "
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" Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that? "
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" I was a late bloomer. I tried out for the football team, and I got locked off the field. That's how I wound up in drama. "
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" When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything. "
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" I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback. "
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" I didn't play football in school, but I've been a fan of football all my life. I have a fair understanding of it. Doing movies about it really helps because you know what makes them work and what doesn't. "
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