Shine: a powerful 4-step plan for becoming a star in anything you do

258 Pages·2004·0.92 MB·English

by  Larry Thompson

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A Powerful 4-Step Plan
for Becoming a Star
in Anything You Do
Larry A.
Thompson
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DEDICATION
To my Team of Believers:
My best friend,Fred:May you know my appreciation.
My brother,Marshall:May you know my respect.
My sister,Janice:May you know my admiration.
My daughter,Taylor:May you find your destiny.
My wife,Kelly:May I rest your heart.
My parents,Ann and Angelo:May God rest their souls.
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Thanks to the Stars
William Shatner,Cindy Crawford,Drew Barrymore,Sonny Bono,Cher,
Jane Seymour,Donna Mills,Charlton Heston,James Brolin,Jim Nabors,
Barry White,Don Johnson,Frances Fisher,John Larroquette,Kathleen
Turner,Linda Evans,Cheryl Ladd,Iman,Lindsay Wagner,Steve
Guttenberg,Mike Douglas,Sally Kellerman,Anthony Perkins,David
Foster,Bruce Boxleitner,Jack Scalia,Gloria Loring,Alan Thicke,Michelle
Phillips,Donna Dixon,Carroll O’Connor,Steve Garvey,Patti Davis,Tony
LoBianco,Ernest Borgnine,Linda Blair,Pamela Bellwood,Charlene
Tilton,Kay Starr,Catherine Hicks,Maurice Benard,Jeff Conaway,
Melissa Sue Anderson,Tori Spelling,Shannen Doherty,Jamie Farr,Cicely
Tyson,Anthony Andrews,Olivia DeHavilland,Julie Harris,Tatum O’Neal,
Marisa Berenson,Merle Haggard,Robert Blake,Paul Williams,Jay
Underwood,Renee Faia,Mary McDonnell,Tippi Hedren,William Russ,
Eric von Detten,Tracey Gold,Perry King,Shawnee Smith,Sharon Gless,
Steve Railsback,Polly Draper,Ted Levine,Robert Desiderio,Ann Jillian,
Tim Matheson,McLean Stevenson,Richard Moll,Ray Walston,Marc
Price,Shelley Fabares,Billy Warlock,Michael DeLuise,Brooke Theiss,Max
Gail,Stacy Keach,Don Stroud,Kevin Dobson,Cindy Pickett,Annie Potts,
Chuck D,Tommy Davidson,Gary Busey,Adam Carolla,Eric Roberts,
Victoria Jackson,Kevin Dillon,Howard Sherman,Jeff Allin, Joan
Severance,Scott Valentine,Michelle Little,James Remar,Nick Cassavetes,
Jason Bateman,C.Thomas Howell,Deborah Shelton,Jonathan Silverman,
David Charvet,Carol Mansell,Warren Wiebe,Livia Squires,Maud
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Adams,William Devane,Adrienne Barbeau,Gene Barry,Martha Quinn,
Robin Givens,Cathy Lee Crosby,Bobbie Gentry,Shelley Hack,Justine
Bateman,Gil Gerard,Tracy Scoggins,Delta Burke,Danielle Brisebois,
James Van Patten,Sandy Duncan,Barbi Benton,Jake Steinfeld,Tovah
Feldshah,Melanie Chartoff,Emma Samms,Cindy Harrell,Lonnie Shorr,
Barbara Parkins,Susan Blakely,Janet Jones,Peter Dobson,Pamela
Gidley,Mariska Hargitay,Jeff Altman,Moon Zappa,Ian Buchanan,
Edward Albert,Catherine Oxenberg,Jennifer O’Neill,Sybil Danning,Bo
Svenson,Joe Cortese,David Birney,Penny Peyser,Debra Sue Maffett,
Caryn Richman,Greg Webb,Elya Baskin,Terrence McNally,Lydia
Cornell,Ron Perlman,Denise Alexander,Starr Andreeff,Anne Archer,
Bill Atherton,Blake Bahner,Karen Baldwin,Jim Barden,Daniel Bardol,
Dirk Benedict,Morgan Brittany,Johnny Brown,Rebeccah Bush,Dean
Butler,Cathy Carlson,Karen Carlson,Elpidia Carrillo,Andrew Clarke,
William Coronel,Cylk Cozart,David Mason Daniels,Reginald T.Dorsey,
Sara Douglas,Morgan Fairchild,Sally Flynn,Constance Forslund,Laurie
Frank,Robin Ganter,Timothy Gibbs,Karen Grassle,Lynne Griffin,Jim
Hager,Jon Hager,Deirdre Hall,Melora Hardin,Clay Hart,Mary Hart,
Sam Hennings,Kathryn Holcomb,Brent Huff,Wendy Hughes,Waylon
Jennings,Paul Land,Vicki Lawrence,Elissa Leeds,Eb Lottimer,Linda
Lovelace,Laurence Luckinbill,Lysette Anthony,Meredith MacRae,Jared
Martin,Gina Mastrogiacomo,Cathy McAuley,Everett McGill,Scott
McGinnis,Justin Melvey,Jim Metzler,Barry Miller,Karen Mistal,Harry
Nilsson,Holly Palance,Richard Pryor,Helen Reddy,Evan Richards,Kyle
Richards,Larry Riley,Lisa Rinna,David Rogge,Craig Sheffer,Kimber
Sissons,Michael Sottile,Andrew Stevens,Michele Tobin,Terri Treas,Kate
Vernon,Heidi Von Palleske,Aarika Wells,Larry Wilcox,Jeff Wincott,
Hayley DuMond,Tracy Griffith,Peter Jason,Mark Kiely,Nan Martin,
John Enos,David Kimball,Loren Menkin,Bob Jay Mills,Orly Kate
Sitowitz,Eddie Daniels,Darlene Mann,Mark Brown,DeeDee Michaels,
Eugene Williams,Jim Pirri,Laura Johnson,Christian Leffler,Bruce
Nozick,Walter Franks,Marie Wilson,Tom Frykman,Carl Gilliard,
Matthew Chaffee,Thomas Tofel,Christine Brent,Maurice Chasse,Perris
Knight,Phill Miller,Vinny Argiro,Mahryah Shain,Susan Ilene Johnson,
Duke Moosekian,Larry Milburn,Tim Robbins,Sheree J.Wilson,Stephen
Geoffreys,Cindy Morgan,Clyde Kusatsu,Tanya Roberts,Millie Perkins,
Max Gail,Robin Pearson Rose,John Wheeler,Lou Liberatore,Louis
Guss,Veronica Cartwright,David Wohl,Kathleen Wilhoite,Ted Levine,
Roger Rose,Tristan Rogers,Sarah Purcell,Melody Anderson,Heather
Langenkamp,Candy Clark,Randy Edelman,Jayne Kennedy,Dobie Gray,
Victor French,Bud Cort,Stephen Macht,Maren Jensen,Tim Stack,Tanya
Tucker,Catherine Bach,Susie Coelho,Carol Connors,Geoff Edwards,
Rick James,Leon Isaac Kennedy,Ann Turkel,Ronnie Schell,Sandahl
Bergman,Jaime Lyn Bauer,David Groh,Shelly Smith,Ronee Blakley,
Penelope Milford,Pamela Hensley,Persis Khambatta,Peter Barton,
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Robin Riker,Belinda Montgomery,Adam Baldwin,DeDee Pfeiffer,Lois
Chiles,Burt Reynolds,Charo,John Ritter,Bonnie Franklin,Chuck
Woolery,Ted Knight,Don Maclean,Redd Foxx,Vikki Carr,Todd English,
Jean François Meteigner,Alessandro Stratta,Roy Yamaguchi,Marcus
Samuelsson,Kerry Simon,Michael Burger,Sissy Biggers,Anthony Dias
Blue,Steven Schirripa,Bruce Vilanch,Elise Neal,Brande Roderick,Mark
Famiglietti,Loretta Devine,Coolio,Tony Danza,Michael York,Orlando
Jones,Christopher Titus,Kelly Rowland,Paul Sorvino,Mindy Sterling,
Chris McDonald,Gene Simmons,Nolan North,Jason Gedrick,Marla
Sokoloff,Lisa Edelstein,Sarah Carter,Stefanie von Pfetten,Shane Meier,
James Farentino,Alex Mendoza,Blues Traveler,Ron Popeil, Kelly Hu,
Carol Burnett, and ...many more.
Thanks to all the Stars we have represented or who have Starred in our
movies for helping to make the Larry A.Thompson Organization a
success.And for their enormous contributions to Shine,a special thanks
to my “Star Agent,” Jan Miller;my editors,Nancy Hancock and Judith
McCarthy;and my ever-vigilant assistant,Robert G.Endara II.
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