I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules
More James Dean Quotes
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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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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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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