Joe Morton Quotes
I know who Dick Gregory is; I knew what his accomplishments are. I certainly knew him as a comedian and an activist.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
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I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction.
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Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
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But with the morning cool reflection came.
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Men and women can never be close. They can hardly speak to one another in the same language. But are compelled, forever, to try, and therefore even in defeat there is no peace.
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The tolls for the maintenance of a high road, cannot with any safety be made the property of private persons.
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À celui qui donne un baiser ou un coupRendez un baiser ou un coupMais à celui qui donne sans que vous puissiez rendreOffrez toute la haine de votre coeurCar vous étiez esclaves et il vous asservit
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This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.
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Once you start playing 'Call of Duty,' you better watch out, because before you know it, you've lost four or five hours out of your day.
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I'm an honest person and don't lead my life on other people's terms.
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Doing 'YHA' felt as if I was shooting for a film because it was a love story with a definite ending and good script.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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Every movement in the market is the result of a natural law and of a Cause which exists long before the Effect takes place and can be determined years in advance. The future is but a repetition of the past, as the Bible plainly states.
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I know who Dick Gregory is; I knew what his accomplishments are. I certainly knew him as a comedian and an activist.
