Charles A. Reich (Charles Alan Reich) Quotes
One of the problems with fame is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life.
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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I am not a fashion freak!
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I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens.
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You never walk out of the gym and say, 'I shouldn't have gone.'
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I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.
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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
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At 14, you think you compete, you retire and you get a job. I didn't think gymnastics was a career that was going to change my life.
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There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
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I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have Christmas every day!
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I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.
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I should like to paint like an man who has never seen a painting, but this man – myself – lives in a museum.
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When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One cannot drive a camel through the eye of a needle.
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I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. ... There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.
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I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able to see a lot more people that are much less impressive that I don't know if I'd want to spend my life working with. When I see sort of how the sausage is made, it's not very pretty.
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I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope.
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One of the problems with fame is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life.
