Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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I live in Juicy Couture sweats and a pair of Uggs.
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For truth is strong next to the Almighty. She needs no policies or stratagems or licensings to make her victorious. These are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.
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I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.
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Bigots are actually funny to me in the way that people who still wear parachute pants give me a chuckle.
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I had a lumpectomy. It wasn't that bad. Six and a half weeks of radiation.
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A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me.
