It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN I've got a few ideas," (Amy) admitted. "But I don't know where we're going in the long term. I mean ... RICK RIORDAN Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. LUCAN I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate. LUCAN Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way." "Funny name for an aircraft... GORDON KORMAN Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. SENECA Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. SENECA We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. SENECA Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take... SENECA Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. SENECA Luck is where opportunity meets preparation. SENECA Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. SENECA I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I don't know how to write love letters. FRIDA KAHLO I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!' ORSON WELLES 'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has ... ALEX GRAVES My family, although they're very large on both my parents' sides, they don't know much a... MORRISSEY While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying preci... DAVID ANTIN George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not ... SHAILENE WOODLEY I don't listen to the news or read newspapers. I don't know what's going on in this worl... DAVID CASSIDY I didn't see 'Star Wars' in theaters until George Lucas re-tweaked it. FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anato... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards. PETER CAPALDI When I'm dealing with the 18th century, as I do in 'The Firebird,' the difficulty isn... SUSANNA KEARSLEY A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you ha... CALISTA FLOCKHART 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' is an epistolary novel - one told in letters. I had no idea... MARIA SEMPLE La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking p... BERENICE BEJO I love doing this day, and George was exactly as he's always been, very calm and very gentle, an... JEREMY BULLOCH When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We w... MAYA LIN Didn't George Washington say, 'He who controls Afghanistan will carry New Jersey?' GORE VIDAL My first two books, 'Letters to a Young Brother' and 'Letters to a Young Sister,' we... HILL HARPER I don't like to watch myself on screen because in my mind there is a touch of George Clooney abo... STEPHEN MANGAN Before 'Grey's Anatomy,' I was doing musicals, plays, commercials, you name it. CHANDRA WILSON If an executive producer has written a certain line, and an actress says it, and it's not very f... BONNIE HUNT Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole w... C.S. LEWIS Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole w... C. S. LEWIS Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very w... KATHRYN BIGELOW I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any se... HAROLD PRINCE I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people... TYNE DALY I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are iron... DAN SAVAGE You just couldn't be in George Romney's presence without some of his goodness and integrity ... TAGG ROMNEY I can't believe George Bush might be president. BRADLEY WHITFORD On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'. CILLA BLACK My husband wrote me love letters while I was on location in Canada and pregnant. They turned into be... DEBI MAZAR I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arth... PHILIP REEVE You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to... TYNE DALY I don't know if we're on the edge of the precipice, but we're in a very, very, very diff... LUIS DE GUINDOS I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you w... JOHN KRASINSKI 'Crumbling' Down' is a very political song that I wrote with my childhood friend George ... JOHN MELLENCAMP When I was in elementary school, I used to write letters to myself. I'd write letters and go ... KRISTIN KREUK I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time. CARY FUKUNAGA Early in last season, George was very worried about other people's emotions, especially how they... ELLEN MUTH If I'm listening to country, it's Hank Williams, George Jones, Merle Haggard and stuff like ... BUZZ OSBORNE I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Ma... MICHAEL GOVE That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? DAVID BYRNE I saw Boy George looking amazing, absolutely unbelievable, and messaged him asking for the number of... JAMES CORDEN I replaced Jim Garner in 'Maverick.' I replaced George Sanders in 'The Saint.' I'... ROGER MOORE I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and i... SCOTTY MCCREERY I'm very, very used to hearing no - repeatedly! - and through my experience founding startups, I... NAVEEN JAIN I love Miranda Lambert; I think she's wonderful. I love the song 'Love Letters' and '... PATTY LOVELESS I'm in a very unique position in that I got to participate in the Food Network by contest. That&... GUY FIERI I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don... VICTORIA BECKHAM Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and th... LAMAR ALEXANDER I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would comm... HILL HARPER I don't have Facebook; I don't have Twitter. I don't have anything because, believe it o... WISSAM AL MANA I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phas... WILLIAM SHATNER I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life i... JACK FALAHEE I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I lo... J. J. WATT If you don't believe there's some organising principle, or somebody up in the sky pulling th... MICHAEL SHANNON I don't know if I'd do well in a structured, corporate environment. I'm very open. I sha... DANA BRUNETTI I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner... SHIA LABEOUF I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter... ELIZABETH MCGOVERN I'd heard Joyce Grenfell on the radio, and when Mum gave me a book of her comic routines, I just... DOROTHY ATKINSON George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a ... STEVEN WRIGHT George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement. PAUL MCCARTNEY I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest respo... FAY WRAY You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: 'Played it Safe.' ROSARIO DAWSON So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don'... CHANTAL SUTHERLAND My very first acting role was Tiny Tim in 'A Christmas Carol.' LELAND ORSER I don't think 'Magadheera' should be remade, nor do I think it will be remade. It is ver... RAM CHARAN The government shouldn't be involved in this because it's very simple. If you don't beli... WANDA SYKES I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican. STEVIE SMITH I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being. LAURIE HOLDEN My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. ... GRAHAM NORTON If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about... EDWARD KLEIN Later in my life, I'm going to look back and smile and be very fulfilled. I know that if I don... SHANIA TWAIN I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute conc... CHARLES DANCE We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don&... GEOFF DYER Write 'judge of beautiful women' on my tombstone. I'd be quite happy. NIGEL BARKER
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