Morgan Freeman Quotes
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Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.
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Coco Chanel once said that what makes a woman look old is trying desperately to look young. Why should one be ashamed to be 84? Why do you have to say that you're 52? Nobody's going to believe you anyway, so why be such a fool? It's nice that you got to be so old. It's a blessing.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining.
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For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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The American dream is still to own your home.
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I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.
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I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.
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Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
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I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me.
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Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without losing energy, whereas film can go into a silent mode and stay there for minutes at a time.
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'Taxicab Confessions' always cracks me up. And if you are in the mood for a good game show, I like 'Survivor' because it's well made.
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To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at his post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.
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Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.
