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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them.


Ted Shackelford

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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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