James Freeman Clarke Quotes
Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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We can't continue to take from our planet the way we do and not give anything back, and the idea of, 'Oh, but it's fine, I won't have to deal with it in my lifetime,' well, you need to think about the future generations who will have to deal with it.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
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I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.
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I don't know why we choose to reach out to help another person, or why we decide that we can't, and withdraw and try to care only for ourselves, but I'm fascinated by that choice.
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I'm definitely post-something.
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If ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. Grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed. I wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped?
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I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.
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Matter is spirit at its lowest level. Spirit is matter at its highest level.
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Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
