Sean Penn Quotes
I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy them on-line. What's so revolutionary? The Internet has mainly affected our leisure life.
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I came here with a lot of things that I would like to get done for my community and my constituents. Shooting hoops at the White House was not at the top of the list but would certainly be a thrill.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.
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I'm just going to live my life and be who I am.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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There was this girl who went to my school, and she did a Nikki Giovanni poem, 'Ego Tripping,' and it was just different from everyone else's. It wasn't flat recitation. It had an energy and a life to it. And it made me sit up in my seat, and my eyes got wide, and I really felt inside myself, 'She's making me feel things. I want to do that.'
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Dad's funeral was standing room only; most in attendance were strangers to me. At the back, a lone Marine stood silently, then left. People told me he'd saved their life or helped them in their darkest hour.
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The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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I've reached a place with my work where I'm ready to concentrate more on life.
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When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not with me.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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Prizefighting is short. Get in. Get rich. Get out. But martial arts is for life. It's for life.
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At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but I think life is definitely worth living, whether you're working or not. For an actor, the character is the thing... it doesn't matter what medium you're in. as long as you have something to do.
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My Safari bookmarks only sync intermittently across my Apple devices. Unlike Amazon's Kindle app for Apple products, the company's iBooks doesn't remember where I left off unless I set a bookmark.
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The learning process continues until the day you die.
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I was nervous and hesitant about putting myself out there for the pie scene. But I went for it and the results were wonderful.
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I'm single, and I hate dating.
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.
