Forest Whitaker Quotes
Ultimately, all human beings fulfill their patterns. We're set in a certain archetype, and we fulfill that destiny.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.
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I always wanted Han Solo's confidence and swagger. My personality is way more C-3PO, but Han was always who I wanted to be.
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Life doesn't stop with football.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
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Well, Freddie Mercury is a really huge rock star in my head. I've always thought he was just so tough and such an amazing entertainer, really a contradiction in many ways as well. So he was incredible.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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People work hard.
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During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric.
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If you come on my property, I've got you from the second that you enter on. There's little lasers... my TVs come on in my room and fall just right on you. So, there's no way to sneak up on me. And I've got a loud dog.
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Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as though with their growth it too increased.
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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
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Ultimately, all human beings fulfill their patterns. We're set in a certain archetype, and we fulfill that destiny.
