Morgan Freeman Quotes
You're not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you're a mimic, then you're not acting, you're just mimicking. You can't go on being John Wayne, that's John Wayne. So you're not going to steal from John Wayne. I'm not going to steal from John Wayne and you're not going to come back and say 'Didn't you get that from the circus?' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
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I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25.
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Abraham Lincoln is my name And with my pen I wrote the same I wrote in both hast and speed and left it here for fools to read.
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My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.
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I'd like to keep my personal life private. In reality, I know that's not possible. In the present, I'm trying to pretend it's possible.
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Pubic hair is proof of sexual maturity and if your partner finds that a turn-off, you should probably reconsider that partner.
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Even if you have an ADA room, every disability is so different that people need different things. A lot of times they'll put something on the toilet to make it higher, and for someone transferring from their chair that's fine, but I transfer from the floor so it causes more problems.
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The Dhamma has to sink deeply into the mind so that whatever we do, the mind has always goodness within it. All the ways of making merit are aiming at this. Goodness lies in the right view that is established in the mind. Then we don't have to celebrate it or let anybody know about it, simply let the mind have firm confidence in the goodness and keep going like this.
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I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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When you have somebody who takes their craft seriously, you don't have to babysit them and be there all the time.
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You're not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you're a mimic, then you're not acting, you're just mimicking. You can't go on being John Wayne, that's John Wayne. So you're not going to steal from John Wayne. I'm not going to steal from John Wayne and you're not going to come back and say 'Didn't you get that from the circus?' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.
