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I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up. ↗

— William Petersen

#could #dad #doctor #dry #felt

I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall. ↗

— William Petersen

#another #anybody #bad #bad guys #been

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy. ↗

— Tom Petty

#i #incredibly #lazy #prolific

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people. ↗

— William Petersen

#ago #ball player #been #career #could

We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label. ↗

— Debbi Peterson

#band #before #budding #development #going

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#any #barriers #because #break #down

I am the worlds laziest writer. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#i #i am #laziest #worlds #writer

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#believe #brahms #coleman #going #hawkins

I play as I feel. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#i #i feel #play

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. ↗

— Oscar Peterson

#any #cerebral #get #jazz #just