Some people surrender their freedom willingly but others are forced to surrender it. Imprisonment begins with birth.
JIM MORRISONThe program for this evening is not new. You’ve seen this entertainment through and through.
More Jim Morrison Quotes
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I think people resist freedom because they’re afraid of the unknown. But it’s ironic.
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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
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There are subtle ways to punish a person for daring to feel. You see that everyone around you has destroyed his true feeling nature. You imitate what you see.
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I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps “Oh look at that!” Then – whoosh, and I’m gone… and they’ll never see anything like it ever again… and they won’t be able to forget me – ever.
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There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.
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People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.
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That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.
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That’s not saying that people shouldn’t keep trying to rebel against the facts of existence.
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This is the strangest life I’ve ever known.
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All games contain the idea of death.
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Obviously that can only work at moments. It can’t be a lasting thing.
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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit
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The only solution is to confront them – confront yourself – with the greatest fear imaginable.
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Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
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