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William Shatner

William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, and director. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has written a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.

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Conquest is easy. Control is not.

Easy, Conquest, Control

I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.

Believe, Know, People, Version, Want

Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.

Hurt, Writing, Acceptance, Winning

Divorce is probably as painful as death.

Death, Divorce, Painful, Probably

I'm so not ready to die. It petrifies me. I go alone. I go to a place I don't know. It might be painful. It might be the end. My thought is that it is the end. I become nameless, and I spent a lifetime being known.

Death, Know, Lifetime, Might, Nameless, Suicide

I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie.

Looking, Movie, Paintball, Perfect

Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine.

Imagine, Impossible, Nobody, Phenomenon, Stars

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates. '

Book, Gates, Names, People, Say

Ads need to be little pieces of entertainment.

Ads, Entertainment, Littles, Needs, Pieces

Mythology needs heroes and it needs villains, it needs heroes to fail, it needs heroes to struggle.

Hero, Mythology, Needs, Struggle

Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing. . . but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

Found, Know, Knows, Later In Life, Nobody Knows, University

Within weeks of our premiere, it became obvious that Leonard [Nimoy] and the character of Spock were becoming something of a national phenomenon. . . . And to be unflatteringly frank, it bugged me. . . . [Then, Gene Roddenberry] said to me the wisest thing he could possibly have uttered. He said, `Don't ever fear having good and popular people around you, because they can only enhance your own performance. The more you can play to these people, the better the show. '

Character, Nimoy, Phenomenon, Philosophical, Play

My dad was good with actions.

Action, Actions, Dad, Father, Good

My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars.

Canada, Fans, Gnaw, Stars, Understanding

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Change, May, Phone, Phones, Point, Regret

I think you die the way you live.

Death, Die, Dying, Think, Thinking, Way

I have been accused of never saying no.

Accused, Has Beens, Saying, Saying No

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.

Captain, Captain Kirk, Income, Long, Pleasure

We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.

Death, Grief, Home, School, Teat

Don't be afraid of making an ass of yourself. I do it all the time and look what I got.

Afraid, Ass, Look, Looks, Time

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