Mark Wahlberg Quotes
James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.
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I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
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I once bought a Manchester United hat, which I think was 12 shillings, and somebody ran up behind me and pulled it off and just ran ahead. I thought, 'It's a very cruel world, I'm not prepared for this'. And I decided to get my revenge on society.
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But this convention is about more than re-nominating President Obama. It's about Americans coming together to build one economy - not from the top down, but from the middle class out and the bottom up.
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You need to get really clear about whether this is your inner voice or just a desire that you have.
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There are very few fighters in the ISIS organization in Iraq and Syria coming from the United States; most of them have either come from a region of the Middle East or from Europe.
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I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.
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James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.
