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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Between Bridge Death Gap Great Life Live Man
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Discovery Existence Prime Reason Thinking World
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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Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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Blaze Clean Die Fast Glory Way
Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Before Being Done Easy Good Harder Man
In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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Experience Learn Lifetime Possible Short Span State
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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Country Day Four Hour Texan Twenty Want Wish
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Gentle Inspirational Life Motivational Strong
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Choice Conditioning Crook Fish Great Impaled Swim Truly Water
Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Able Appreciate Beauty Endowed Nature Now World
Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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Broken Dream Forgive Laugh Life Quickly Regret Remember Short
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Feel Only Racing Time Whole
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try
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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Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Accept Art Experience Expression Interpret Life Order Willing

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