Louis Gossett, Jr. Quotes
The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew.
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Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
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The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
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I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.
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I think feminism is that you just have to stick it all out. I remember this one time when someone interviewed me, and I was young, and they said, 'Do you see yourself as a feminist?' And I was like, 'I don't know. I'm not really comfortable calling myself a feminist.'
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In addition we also hire many senior citizens.
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I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.
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Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand.
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The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories where I had complete freedom to evolve in the direction I wanted.
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Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.
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Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.
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Some of my college friends used to laugh at me. But no one's laughing anymore. Now, they all try to get free underwear.
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I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'Thank God I've experienced something. Someone wanted to kiss me.' That's when it's going to be interesting: When you break up, they're taking a piece with them.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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I have a hard time finding high boots that go up to your knee, because of the shape of my calves.
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There was a small window when I wanted to be an astronaut. It may have coincided with not getting cast in a high school play.
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Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.
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Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
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Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.
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I grew up right in Santa Cruz, right across the bay from Monterey. I would go to Monterey all the time.
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Charlie Rose is the ultimate ad.
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Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.
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The only time I was really free was when the director said 'Action' in front of a camera or on the stage, and that's when I flew.
