William Petersen Quotes

I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me.

William Petersen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1953

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I think we've always been fascinated with the idea of the romantic outlaw. John Gotti could be in one instance a charismatic, kind and loving family man, and in another, deadly to his enemies. The opportunity to tell the true story of Gotti with John Travolta is a director's dream.

Joe Johnston

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My bookshelves have no order. I prune them regularly and sell the books to Myopic Books, a Chicago bookstore. They give me store credit, and then I spend all the store credit, and, presumably, return to sell them back more of the books I bought from them.

Jesse Ball

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My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times.

Jeremy Lin

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Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

John Gay

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I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.

Jean Gabin

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The old storytellers took the stories that meant something to them and rearranged the pieces to say something.

Travis Beacham

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As a result of playing Freddy Krueger, I can remember having to look at some medical books, and at some of the disfigurement that fire can cause on people, because they were the source material for some of the prosthetic makeup that I wore. That aided and abetted this fear of death by fire. Which is sort of what happened to Fred Krueger.

Robert Englund

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The best in business have boundless curiosity and open minds.

Robin S. Sharma

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There are always people that will rise to the occasion when there is no occasion, but it is hard to find people will do it when there is.

Roger Ailes

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When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater from the back of a van in Kilburn, that's OK. I need to be with my family. My job is to keep the family together and provide for them.

Jason Isaacs

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But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War.

Joseph Rotblat

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Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance.

David Wenham

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