Clarence John Laughlin Quotes
Let us see as steadily and completely as possible the realities of our age: the wasted lives, the scattered and misused resources (human and material), the steel magic of the misdirected machinery, the mad clockwork tragedy of it all.
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We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.
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Only silence perfects silence.
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In the end, I do not think we will find the neat boundary between 'normal sadness' and 'clinical depression,' if only because mood is an innate human characteristic, like weight or the length of our hair. However, to reject the very notion of depression as an illness on account of these difficulties is throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it's on to the next movie.
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Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.
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People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to change speeds to get around people.
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Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.
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I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.
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I was writing rap at 12 years old and began writing songs as a 20-year-old. I think I wrote my first song in the winter of 2008-2009, when I was in Buenos Aires. I was writing about growing up and my boys back home.
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I like new challenges.
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While the 1980 book was being serialized in the Sunday Times, Charles attacked it through the Observer.
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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.
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We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.
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Meaningful innovation can be an important catalyst in encouraging resilience in seniors, keeping them independent and engaged.
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One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've done for 3,000 performances or a song you're singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive.
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I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.
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The first movie I did was 'Dan in Real Life,' which was directed by Peter Hedges, the same director who did 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green.'
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Where the fuck did they make you, Kid?What's that mean?Where does someone like you come from?I've lived a lot of places.Like where?Why do you care?Just wondering.Stop wondering.Why?I don't want to make friends here.Why?I don't like good-byes.You gotta say them though.No, you don't.
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I'll always be an actor first. I grew up doing musical theater, so music and acting, to me, have always gone hand in hand. I'm going to be an actor first because it's my career, but music will always be a part of me.
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Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.
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Let us see as steadily and completely as possible the realities of our age: the wasted lives, the scattered and misused resources (human and material), the steel magic of the misdirected machinery, the mad clockwork tragedy of it all.
