Morgan Freeman Quotes
I'm not one who can write out a speech and remember all the names of the people that you need to thank because you need to thank all of those people.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.
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I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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I never got to make that transition from little girl to young woman... and that really screws you up.
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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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There's 2 million Palestinians that govern themselves. They have their own parliament, their own government, their own elections, their own tax system. I don't want to govern the Palestinians; no one does. They already govern themselves.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
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I admire those women who really knew who they were and didn't apologize for it. Katharine Hepburn? She was ahead of her time.
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The job of president is to motivate, to inspire, to be side by side with people making sure that they develop all their capacities and that I remove all the obstacles they have to grow by themselves.
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I have regular peels and Botox. It's something I'll always do. People redecorate their homes every few years, and I see this as no different. Changing my face is like buying a new sofa.
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Many people have said to me, "What a pity you had such a big family to raise." "Think of the novels and the short stories and the poems you never had time to write because of that." And I looked at my children and I said, "These are my poems, these are my stories."
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I'm not one who can write out a speech and remember all the names of the people that you need to thank because you need to thank all of those people.
