George Elliott Clarke Quotes
The moon twangs its silver strings; The river swoons into town; The wind beds down in the pines, Covers itself with stars.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.
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When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
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You've always got to have the right blend of colour. You'd be silly to match a yellow t-shirt with a light green pair of trousers, you know? You can wear different colours at the same time, and as long as they blend with each other then it works. That's what I like.
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It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.
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It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.
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My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
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I remember being unemployed and walking the East Village streets for many years, constantly checking my voice mail on pay phones, hoping for an audition.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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I was able to retire from the sport with all my faculties and not let the sport retire me.
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People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you had your own show.' I said, 'You know, it's not gonna happen. So – no.'
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We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the war on terrorism, by dedicating ourselves to building a free and peaceful world safe from the threat of terrorism.
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What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The keener the effort to find out, the less he knew about the present one he lived in.
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I see the rodeo's in town again.
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The moon twangs its silver strings; The river swoons into town; The wind beds down in the pines, Covers itself with stars.
