There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEANThe gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
More James Dean Quotes
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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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My fun days are over.
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