Morgan Freeman Quotes
Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, 'These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,' they will do all eight very earnestly.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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There's some people that obviously abuse social networking or whatever, but I think it's a fantastic idea. I've never had any bad encounters with any of it.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
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Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.
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If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.
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I love working on films and I'd love to do some interesting work, but if somebody asked me, 'Would you like 'Human Target' to continue to be picked up?' The answer is 'Absolutely!' I love working on this show. I love playing Guerrero. I love seeing where it's going.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off. In the early days, I'd write a bunch of lyrics and almost look at them as a sort of joke, to make the rest of the boys laugh.
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Persuading people through technology is the next social revolution. Facebook demonstrates just how powerful it will be.
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I don't have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force.
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Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants.
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Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can't take their eyes off of him.
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Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.
