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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.


Ted Shackelford

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TED SHACKELFORD we clearly don't have the money they have, and all the gay rights groups are pitching in.
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DAN SHACKELFORD It might be a case of too much in a short period of time.
DAN SHACKELFORD We'll probably keep going higher in yield.
DAN SHACKELFORD I really want people to come and discover new artists, to revisit old friends and to just kind of re...
GEORGE SHACKELFORD There are works that literally haven?t been on view for decades.
GEORGE SHACKELFORD It was an emotional rollercoaster. We had that hope one time and then the next time we had bad news....
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TED LIGETY There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.
TED LIGETY About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.
TED LEVINE I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
TED LEVINE Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed...
TED LEVINE I believe in Christianity, Judaism and Islamism, but I stay away from churches, synagogues and mosqu...
TED LANGE I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richar...
TED LANGE I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me.
TED LANGE Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
TED LANGE One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.
TED LANGE I talk to the universe all the time.
TED LANGE I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.
TED LANGE I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
TED LANGE To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; ...
TED LANGE Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.
TED LANGE I have to reinvent myself.
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TED KULONGOSKI I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do not come w...
TED KULONGOSKI As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing ...
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TED KULONGOSKI The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.
TED KULONGOSKI Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
TED KULONGOSKI It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our...
TED KULONGOSKI I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.
TED KULONGOSKI A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
TED KULONGOSKI I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
TED KOTCHEFF I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
TED KOTCHEFF My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
TED KOTCHEFF Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what ...
TED KOTCHEFF When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
TED KOTCHEFF But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
TED KOTCHEFF I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
TED KOTCHEFF I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.
TED KOTCHEFF When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.
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TED KOPPEL My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-develope...
TED KOPPEL Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay...
TED KOPPEL My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and ...
TED KOPPEL The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.
TED KOPPEL I think we're glazing eyes all across America.
TED KOPPEL I have the necessary lack of tact.
TED KOPPEL There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. ...
TED KOPPEL In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.
TED KOPPEL History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
TED KOPPEL Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not ...
TED KOPPEL People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the '...
TED KOPPEL There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
TED KNIGHT Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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TED HUGHES It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot.
TED HUGHES What happens in the heart simply happens.
TED HUGHES We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and ...
TED ENGSTROM Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
TED ENGSTROM The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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TED ENGSTROM Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes ...
TED ENGSTROM The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.
TED DEXTER Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
TED DEXTER I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Ven...
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TED DEXTER Endless cricket, like endless anything else, simply grinds you down.
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TED DEUTCH We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
TED DEUTCH Social media companies must work closely with the U.S. government to ensure their platforms are not ...
TED DEUTCH When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health in...
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TED DEUTCH Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fa...
TED DEUTCH We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
TED DEUTCH It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them h...
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TED DEUTCH I have an open door to meet with my constituents and that I work hard to respond to their needs, and...
TED DEUTCH We must not allow the Iranian regime to use the nation's vast energy resource as a financial pip...
TED DEUTCH I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast...
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TED DEUTCH Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a l...
TED DEUTCH As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide just...
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TED DEUTCH For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discr...
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TED DEUTCH It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.
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TED DEMME I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.
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TED DEMME I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, beca...
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TED DEKKER What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. Th...
TED DEKKER When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle bet...
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TED DEKKER The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, a...
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TED DEKKER If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and i...
TED DEKKER It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that da...
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TED DEKKER Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
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TED DANSON We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evol...
TED DANSON If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take anot...
TED DANSON When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
TED DANSON 'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final a...
TED DANSON Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbli...
TED DANSON I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming beca...
TED DANSON The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are ve...
TED DANSON Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly i...
TED DANSON We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole respons...
TED DANSON We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oi...
TED DANSON Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone them...
TED DANSON The industrial way we fish for seafood is harming the marine habitats that all ocean life depends up...
TED DANSON You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.
TED DANSON Humor can bring people under the tent. And a good joke can deflect some of the intensity surrounding...
TED DANSON The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it...
TED DANSON Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but...
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