Louis Gossett, Jr. Quotes
George Clooney and Brad Pitt, with those 'Oceans' films they do, they get to work together, make a whole lot of money, and make a major film statement. Imagine if once a year, myself, Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, we did some relevant film together to make a statement.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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For me, it's important to have a team and coach and manager that I know, and they know me, so they are not coming to me with everything.
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Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An actor from Fassbinder could never work with an actor of Werner Herzog or Wim Wenders. Because if we would have done that, we would have been spies. "Ah, you worked with Werner - how was it? How did he direct you?" I was Fassbinder's actor.
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The truth is that I am not a frump... I just enjoy being laid back.
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I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.
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The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls.
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt, with those 'Oceans' films they do, they get to work together, make a whole lot of money, and make a major film statement. Imagine if once a year, myself, Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, we did some relevant film together to make a statement.
