Morgan Freeman Quotes
There are things that I would like to do, but I make a big distinction between liking to do something and wanting to do something. If there's something that I want to do I've done it. If there's something that comes up that I want to do I will do it.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
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Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting.
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I'm inhabiting a life I'm not supposed to be in... and at certain times in my life, I have felt a wrongness. And not a moral wrongness but a sense that this isn't what I was born to be doing.
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I love dressing up.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.
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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
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Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted.
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Whenever I discuss my family, I inevitably think of my brother Owen.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.
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I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.
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There are things that I would like to do, but I make a big distinction between liking to do something and wanting to do something. If there's something that I want to do I've done it. If there's something that comes up that I want to do I will do it.
