Morgan Freeman Quotes
You can make anything into a play for the simple reason that the human mind is one of the best writers in the business. So, if you've got a writer who's clever enough to give you enough clues, you will fill out every blank spot in a play, every single one.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm cranky.
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Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I love entertaining people, I love playing music, and I love rocking like an animal. But at a certain point, you're playing gig after gig after gig, in town after town after town, and you're lying down, staring at another hotel-room ceiling, and it's like, 'I want to be home. I'm a dad. I've got kids.'
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
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Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.
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I was an early adopter of the 'Hunger Games.' I read them before they were best sellers - I was on the pre-order wait list for 'Mockingjay' on Amazon.
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So many people out there can probably sing very good - all they need to do is just drop their inhibitions. That's why most people do their singing in the shower.
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There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.
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Google can say they are not in the content business, but if they are paying people and distributing and archiving their work, it is getting harder to make that case.
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That's the tricky thing these days: being able to surprise people.
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You can make anything into a play for the simple reason that the human mind is one of the best writers in the business. So, if you've got a writer who's clever enough to give you enough clues, you will fill out every blank spot in a play, every single one.
