Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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