Morgan Freeman Quotes
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The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.
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Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'
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Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.
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I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
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Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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Superman's always chasing after someone who just mugged somebody, and I've never seen that happen in my life.
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Gosh, I couldn't even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I'm a very proud actor.
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Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
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Compromise has a negative connotation.
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?
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We allowed ourselves to become particularly interested in research into the appearance of intermediate products of sugar decomposition during cell-free fermentation.
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Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York.
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In a time where there are divides between cultures and races, I would love to use my position to show that we are all the same inside and working together is the key to moving forward.
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Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.
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My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.
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Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace.
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The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesn't want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system of musical notations. It wants liberation, which is why very often it fastens on the novel, for the novel seems spacious, undefined, free.
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I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.
