Morgan Freeman Quotes
If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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I wasn't really the most charming person, socially – it took me a long time to develop my people skills – but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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I can't imagine working without and audience.
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I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel.
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I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was the first place that came to my mind. That's where my heart was at.
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The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
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If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.
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I am an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
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I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind.
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For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy.
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For me, making my intent clear to the batsman before he stamps his authority is important. Playing with his mind is a way of attacking rather than setting attacking fields.
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A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated.
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My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job.
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The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
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Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
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You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!
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A healthy person can accept criticism.
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My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.
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Now I'm standing in front of a thousand people. They're all looking at me, but they're sitting down. They're surrendered, so I have to keep on proving myself to them and giving them all my passion.
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If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind.
