James Dean Quotes
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
Quotes to Explore
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Look at Inuit clothing. Their stuff still works better than Cabela's. I've made my own parkas, mukluks, footgear, and it is good to 60 degrees below zero. All I did was copy the patterns that came down from the Inuits.
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People are everything in education, just as in the corporate world.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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Blizzard was of the fine old school of butlers. His appearance suggested that for fifteen years he had not let a day pass without its pint of port. He radiated port and pop-eyed dignity. He had splay feet and three chins, and when he walked his curving waistcoat preceded him like the advance guard of some royal procession.
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I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.
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The quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention.
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I'm a chameleon when it comes to languages.
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I was at a point of asking God whether acting was what He really wanted me to do. Oprah Winfrey came to one of my workshops, and a couple of months later, she reached out to Uncle BeBe, who co-wrote 'Born For This.' Oprah told him she was interested in me for the role of Charity on 'Greenleaf' and asked him to help her contact me.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
