One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
More James Dean Quotes
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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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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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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