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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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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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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I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.
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I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of me, and I always did my best. I invested 100 percent. And that's what saved me.
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On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
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I'm a good driver.
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A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.
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It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.
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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.
