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.
JAMES DEANIf 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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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?
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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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