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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Boy Know Man Mother Old Stumbling Tried
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Dedication Duty Express Imagination Interpret Man Problem Significance
It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
JAMES DEAN

Child Children Function Involved School Theatrical Thinking
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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Devil Gauche Little Minded People Serious Tene Terrible
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Charm Doe Hankering Include Life Purpose Society
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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Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
JAMES DEAN

Boy Make Mark Mind Mine Remember
It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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Actual Early Government Implement Need Right Secure Something
If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
JAMES DEAN

Ashamed Confused Day Everything Feel One
I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Arm Behind Behind Back Going Tied
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.
JAMES DEAN

Drown Fish Genuis Sand Swim Water
Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Fault Kid Often Parent Work
I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEAN

Demand Kid Parent Picture Psychological Thinking
You’re tearing me apart!
JAMES DEAN

Apart Emotion Feeling Training
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEAN

Coem Delayed Doing Gratification Result

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