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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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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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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There are definitely scripts I start reading, where it doesn't interest me. Maybe it'll be a good movie, but the character doesn't intrigue me.
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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 turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself, a heroine I could slip inside as one might a pair of favourite shoes.
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I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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How long will I love you? As long as stars are above you, And longer if I may.
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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.
