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" I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director. "
William Shatner
Performer
Comedian
Director
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" Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked. "
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" I've never been without a dog. I've made trips across the country with a dog. "
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" I've been breeding Dobies for years. Almost won the breed in Westminster at one time. "
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" I don't think of myself as being tied. "
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" I find the whole time travel question very unsettling if you take it to its logical extension. I think it might eventually be possible, but then what happens? "
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" My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! "
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" Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life. "
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" Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad. "
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You
" I played comedies and dramas. "
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" I frequently dream of being on these horses' backs and running across a field. And the horse and I are one. "
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Running
Field
" I've never not appeared in front of a live audience for any longer period than a month or two. "
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" I thought I was loved. "
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Thought
" I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute! "
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Time
Gossip
" I never watched 'Star Trek.' "
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" When you've done the technical part, you're then into the joy, the zen, into being. Technology no longer exists for you. You're then into the mystery of the thing you're doing. "
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" I didn't realize that, in doing a documentary, there is this process of discovery. It's not like a film or a play with a set script. It sort of reveals itself. "
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Realize
Doing
" I often conduct interviews in my truck. "
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Interviews
Often
Truck
" I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury. "
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Isaac
Enjoyed
" I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. "
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Own
Bones
" If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right! "
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Right
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