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 don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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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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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined.
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To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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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.