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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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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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 always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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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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What I love about 'Mockingjay, Part 1' is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at 'Interstellar,' the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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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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Faith, by definition, is a risk.
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There's no end to the inventiveness of critics, I tell you. Because they can't write fiction, they put their impulse into their analysis of work.
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It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.
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And sometimes men fail, I answered silently. Sometimes they don't forgive. Sometimes what you see is only the bright surface of something cold and deep.
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I never expected that I'd be doing as many jobs as I did. I know everybody says that, but I thought I'd be sat in my pants waiting for someone to ring me. Then maybe within five years I might get something.
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For people who want to get into the voiceover industry, even if you want to get into commercial, you need to become a really, really good actor.
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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.
