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“How we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life.”

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Author:James Kirk

“The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.”

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Author:James Kirk

“It was difficult, and yet I was very eager to do it. It was a really odd thing. I really wanted to do that story. I really wanted to write the death of Captain Kirk. I really wanted to do it in the movie.”

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Author:Ronald D. Moore

“Even then, I didn't quite know what to make of it [captain Kirk death]. I was mystified by why I was doing it, why I was so driven to do it, and why it was affecting me like it was. I still don't know what it means. It's a strange singular experience. I don't even know anyone to talk to about it because I don't know anyone who's had that experience.”

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Author:Ronald D. Moore

“I met [Shatner] on the set of Star Trek V, and he was horrible to me. He was cruel, and dismissive, and treated me the way I understand he treats pretty much everyone who tells him how much they loved him as Captain Kirk.”

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Author:Wil Wheaton

“Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.”

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Author:Benjamin Spock

“He's been on vacation for a year and month. Captain Kirk never left the helm when the Enterprise was under attack.”

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Author:Eddie Griffin

“It's a fun thing for journalists to say that Captain Kirk is the boyfriend role. I'm happy to give a laugh. But it's a really complex story.”

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Author:Chris Pine

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

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Author:William Shatner

“One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.”

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Author:William Shatner

“All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by.”

“What does God need with a starship?”

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Book:Star Trek V, the final frontier: a novel

Source: Star Trek V, the final frontier: a novel

“Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?”

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Author:William Shatner

“Infrareds on little people standing with some big heads, I was Captain Kirk, walkin' with a black t-shirt. LAPD, the nurse asked did my knee hurt? I was in pain, little Martians tryin' ta take my brain, Hospitals came, detectives wrote down my name. I was to blame, my life never been the same. A true story; I tell ya, it'll never bore me. My classmate died, my other friend named Cory Drinkin' 40s, he jumped out the project window, Stabbed himself with a yellow number 2 pencil.”

“I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!”

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Author:Bruce Dickinson