Morgan Freeman Quotes
These walls are funny. First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
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There are contemporary artists that I hate with all my heart. These are provocateurs that are without feeling. Where is the real emotion?
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There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.
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When I hear from people who are struggling to put food on the table, I understand because I've been there.
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Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.
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I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it.
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There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks.
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I hate her." Merlin laughed, tossing the stick down. "Not so. You have forgotten how to love. That's a different sorrow.
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I hate albums that are really happy. When I am really happy, I don't like to hear happy albums, and when I am really sad I don't wanna hear happy albums... and I tend to gravitate towards the lonely and isolated anyway when I write.
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An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?
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These walls are funny. First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.
