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" It's a curious thing about celebrity: being somebody who was one of the stars of one of the most popular television shows in history offers an opportunity. I look at it as an ambassadorial opportunity at times, where I can go to places and have the opportunity to do things and meet people that other people don't have. "

Mike Farrell

Stars

People

History

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" People who know me know that I'm always interested in an honest, civil exchange of views, and I'm not some Hollywood liberal know-nothing. "

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" My father was a gruff Irishman who was unable to express feelings and always insisted we be tough. Being a parent, for me, means creating what I didn't have. I want my children to feel love and be able to express it. "

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" 'M*A*S*H,' to me, was about something. It had value beyond the laughs. "

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" People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler. "

" I think the media could be a very good force for good, and I think Hollywood can, as well. "

" It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war. "

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Inappropriate

War

" My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to the need for serious human rights reform. "

" The networks are business-oriented cowards. "

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Networks

" I think it's appropriate for the international community in situations like this to intervene in Kosovo. I am in favor of an intervention. On some level, you have to say that at least somebody is doing something. "

" I was raised in Hollywood and knew, from as early as grammar school, classmates who were in the business. "

" People warned us that if we went to them whenever they cried and refused to spank them, we would harm them irrevocably, but we decided there's simply no way to spoil a child. After all, they aren't apples. "

" What one gets, I hope, is that all you can do is the best you can do. "

" If you try to do your best there is no failure. "

" It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?' "

" I am often stunned and charmed by the simple brilliance of what children say. But you have to be willing to listen. "