Sean Penn Quotes
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I've shot a lot of pilots that have never seen the light of day, jobs that have fallen apart or gotten canceled, so I'm really weary about what contracts I sign and where I swear my loyalty to.
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Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
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I started out typing and filing and answering the phones for a little nine-person firm. And that nine-person firm gave me my chance to find my own way.
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Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light started to pick it up.
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Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
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I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.
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Radium, discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, was especially popular: the 'it' element of its day. Radium glows an eerie blue-green in the dark, giving off light for years without any apparent power source. People had never seen anything like it.
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'Braveheart' is way up there for me.
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When you have a brilliant sun, which is a source of vision, the light from the sun shines through every window of the house, and the brightness of its light inspires you to open all the curtains. In the vision of the Great Eastern Sun, no human being is a lost cause.
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That's always the way with fanatics; they cross themselves at the tavern and throw stones at the temple.
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Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
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I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.
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Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
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I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.
