Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

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• Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Men
  • Women
  • Car

• I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Believe
  • Live
  • Forever

• Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Work
  • Mind
  • Health

• I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.

  

  Patrick Dempsey
  • Children
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• I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Life
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• I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • School
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• Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

  

  Sallust
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• That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.

  

  Calvin Johnson
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• After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • People
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• I'd like to make something about someone who hasn't existed so that I don't have to tread so carefully and can feel a little bit more creative freedom.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Freedom
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• England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

  

  Fidel Castro
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• While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
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• I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
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• I'm a vegetarian who doesn't like eggplant parmesan. Isn't that awful? I'm also sick of portobello mushrooms. People are like, 'A vegetarian's coming to dinner,' so they serve those.

  

  Candy Crowley
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• I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
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• I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.

  

  Randeep Hooda
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• I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Children
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• My brain kind of works in steps. I have to go through things and then process them and then write about them. I have to understand them first.

  

  Kehlani
  • Brain

• I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

  

  Kelly Reilly
  • Work
  • Men
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• I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.

  

  David R. Brower
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• I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.

  

  Dana Carvey
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  • Fight

• ‘Why, what can a man do when he takes to adoring one of you mermaids? He only neglects his work and runs up bills.’

  

  George Eliot
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• I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

  

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