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We saw what happened in Jimmy Carter's administration. President Carter was a good man with the best of intentions. But he came to Washington without a good working relationship with Democratic members of Congress, which played a big part in his administration's problems.

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected.

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.

The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.

North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

I wanted to retire after I played for the Mets. My family said wait one year, that there was no need to rush it. I gave it a year and now it's time to say goodbye.

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

We're doing 3,000 seaters before that we never played anything more than 1,000.

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really where my training is. As an actor, that's my training.

So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords everywhere. All of the songs are built up of small melodies and counter melodies all played very rhythmically.

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.

I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out.

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!

The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in 'The Twilight Zone'.

I don't think I've ever played the Olympia before, but I'm not totally sure.

But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it.

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.

When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have.

The audience that surprised us the most was definitely Paris, when we played there last. They were just incredibly into us and we weren't expecting it at all.

Coming up as a kid, I played middle linebacker and I was very bow-legged, and I wanted to be like the legendary Dick Butkus.

It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for sixty minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us. We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man.

Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project.

I think Jim Taylor was very underrated, never hear much about him. We played Green Bay every year in exhibition, and generally we played them every couple of years in regular season. And I always thought he was a fierce competitor.

For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.