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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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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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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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 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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With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
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If you didn’t make mistakes you wouldn't get far.
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I never play without my cape.
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I think probably the scariest thing, as weird as it sounds, was 'The Wizard of Oz' and the flying monkeys with the witch. I remember seeing that - it still seems freaky.
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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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If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?
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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.
