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> [Just when you think you're playing your cards right, God shuffles the deck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/just-when-you-think-you-re-playing-your-cards-right-god-shuffles-the/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

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## More by Mark Sheppard

> [Tell me something I can dance to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/tell-me-something-i-can-dance-to/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/it-seems-to-realize-itself-to-be-some-of-the-most-exciting-tv-and/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [Just when you think you're playing your cards right, God shuffles the deck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/just-when-you-think-you-re-playing-your-cards-right-god-shuffles-the/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate wisdom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/john-adams-was-a-farmer-abraham-lincoln-a-small-town-lawyer-plato-and/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/the-defenders-of-the-status-quo-often-masquerade-as-the-preservers-of/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [I think people do sci-fi a huge disservice by lumping it as some sort of bizarre subculture genre when I think everybody's lives are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/i-think-people-do-sci-fi-a-huge-disservice-by-lumping-it-as-some-sort/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [If a person is dying of cancer, you do not say, 'You can't turn back the clock.' You try to heal the person, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/if-a-person-is-dying-of-cancer-you-do-not-say-you-can-t-turn-back-the/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [In lower budget filmmaking, everything is a favor. You're pushing everybody, all the time. You're trying to get the best out of it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/in-lower-budget-filmmaking-everything-is-a-favor-you-re-pushing/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/when-something-is-written-for-you-or-handed-to-you-sometimes-there-s/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [I can go to a movie theater and watch a movie I was in with an audience... but with television, the opportunity to meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/i-can-go-to-a-movie-theater-and-watch-a-movie-i-was-in-with-an/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [The idea of future or past, either way, is a core part of entertainment. It's something we've always loved as humans. Its part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/the-idea-of-future-or-past-either-way-is-a-core-part-of-entertainment/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [Hitting your head against a wall is not the fastest way to move it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/hitting-your-head-against-a-wall-is-not-the-fastest-way-to-move-it/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/it-s-the-imagination-that-is-involved-in-sci-fi-and-fantasy-is-what/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [We are all riding on the same bus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/we-are-all-riding-on-the-same-bus/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

> [I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sheppard/i-ve-been-lucky-enough-to-work-with-some-of-the-best-tv-directors/)

[Mark Sheppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sheppard/)

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