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 am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.
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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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I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time.
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It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape.
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My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.
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Everything seemed to happen when you were looking the other way.
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I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.
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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.
