Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
JAMES DEANNowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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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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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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