Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
JAMES DEANI didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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