Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
The most terrifying thing for most everybody in the whole Western World is to take responsibility for your own life and to experience real freedom.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
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Everyone wants to be famous; so do I. But I cannot lose sleep over it.
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The only two shows I watch are 'Walking Dead' and 'Nashville,' but both just went off the air for a couple of months, so I feel like I have to be productive because I'm not sitting around waiting for the next episode of zombies or mainstream country music.
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How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
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Patience! Hence-that word was madeFor brutes of burthen, not for birds of prey;Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine,-I am not of thine order.
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The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.
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I'm from a very athletic family, and I thoroughly enjoyed sports as a kid, but acting was a way of expressing myself and having fun. It was something I found on my own.
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I'm not Madonna-famous and wouldn't want to be.
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It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem.
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A perfectly fitted sheath dress that can take you from day to night is something that every woman should have in her closet. You can't go wrong with black, but a little bit of color is nice. I love a lot of color, personally. You can accessorize a sheath dress. Look at how Michelle Obama accessorizes clothes to make them her own.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.
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I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.
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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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Working makes me happy, makes me calm.
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I often will state things strongly if I think that it's important.
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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting, and, alas! self-seeking me.
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There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.
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I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for decades come out in a timely manner.
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The most terrifying thing for most everybody in the whole Western World is to take responsibility for your own life and to experience real freedom.
