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At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.
Larry Hagman
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Larry Hagman
Age: 81 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 21
Died: 2012
Died: November 23
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Larry Martin Hagman
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I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.'
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I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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Later on when it became a routine it was not as exciting I'll admit that. The first three years were wonderful, the rest were just money making and having fun.
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A sad figure (Bush) ' not too well educated, who doesn't get out of America much. He's leading the country towards Fascism.
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Actors can't retire. What would they do?
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There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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All my heroes, I guess, like John Wayne and all those guys, they drank and they smoked and did all the manly things. It was expected of you. And now abstinence in all kinds of forms is a part of living. It's a pretty - I don't smoke anymore, I quit that 42 years ago
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No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life.
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I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.
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I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
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As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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People who are living donors who give kidneys. You can't give a heart and you can't give a liver, but you can sure give a lung - well, kidneys, anyhow. And that's where the main part of this whole thing is - one out of every eight people, I believe, is going to have some kind of kidney problem during their lifetime.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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My credo is etched on my mirror in my bathroom and I see it when I brush my teeth in the morning. It says, Don't worry, Be Happy, Feel Good. When you see that first thing, and you reflect on it, the rest of the day seems to glide by pretty well.
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I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know. And I said, Well, would you accept one if you needed one? Well, yeah, sure. And I say Well, there you go - where do you get them from?.
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