Morgan Freeman Quotes
Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.
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Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we're trying very hard not to use the words 'science fiction,' because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes.
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'The Princess Bride' is by far the most popular film I've ever done. I don't think I'll ever top it.
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Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey.
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I don't think I'm severely politically active. I care deeply, and I have my strong personal beliefs. I think America is dancing on thin ice. But I think it's bigger even than a political issue. I wonder about the evolution of the human race and spirit and what our goals and reasons for living are.
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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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To the children of yesterday, who have grown up and become parents, and to the children of today, who perhaps shout 'Tottigol,' I'd like to think that, for you, my career has become a fairytale for you to pass on.
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If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia.
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The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire.
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People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.
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One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.
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What I like so much about Corot is that he can say everything with a bit of tree; and it was Corot himself that I found [back] in the museum of Naples - in the simplicity of the work of Pompeii and the Egyptians. These priestesses in their silver-grey tunics are just like Corot's nymphs.
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But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well.
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
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If you put pressure on your kids to book every audition, they won't enjoy it anymore, and they won't book it, either. Also, if they don't want to go to an audition, they shouldn't be forced to go. They have to want to do it.
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
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Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.
