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" My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the Far East, Russia, South America and Sweden - where I met my wife of 55 years, Maj. "

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" It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan. "

" There used to be three networks, and now there are 40 million networks. There's a lot more competition out there, too. We would bring in 27 million people. Now, they're lucky if they have 17. I looked at the ratings, for the first time in 25 years, just to see, and there were 130 shows on. There used to be maybe 30. "

" After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it. "

" Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person. "

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" I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years. "

" When we started the show, 'Dallas' was known as the city where JFK was assassinated. By the end it was known as JR's home town. "

" It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it? "

" I think they could of recast the children, I heard of people wanting to do something like that. That would be a nice little show to do but you know that show was of the 80's, I don't think the audience mind set is in that direction any longer. "

" Marijuana you can give up, Iv given it up for fifteen years now and it never occurs to me to smoke it anymore. "

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" I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character. "

" I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment. "

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" Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world. "

" Well, I motorcycle, I hunt, fish, I do all that. I keep busy. I'm never bored. I've never been bored. "

" I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation. "

" I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.' "

" I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one. "

" No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life. "

" I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now. "

" Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone. "

" I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it! "

" I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34. "

" I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it. "

" I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too. "

" As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series. "

" My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. "

" I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese. "

" If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball. "

" Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time. "

" There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them. "