Michael Clarke Duncan Quotes
I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
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Talking to people from the heart matters, and it's unfortunately something brands have forgotten about. Celebrity endorsement deals try to gain recognition for brands, but at their core, what matters is if the celebrity truly backs the brand.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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My mom means the world to me. She's always been the one to get me up early for work, help me with my make up and hair, and just be there to support me in whatever I do. She always makes sure that no matter what, I'm happy in what I'm doing.
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I don't exercise.
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When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was during the hedonistic days of the late '60s, and this spiritual path seemed so grim with its concern about attachment and, apparently, anti-pleasure.
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I think we brothers realised his loss more and more as we grew older. We actually grew closer after his death.
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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
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When you're the host of the Academy Awards, and you grew up watching Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and now it's your turn, and you get a chance to run with the baton on the relay for a while, I really embraced it and just really loved being there.
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A wild thing may say wild things.
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The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.
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Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not everything, it becomes flat or mundane.
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A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
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I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.
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I always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.
