I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.
JIM CARREYSo many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.
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I don’t make it in regular channels, and that’s okay for me.
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Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they’re eating sandwiches.
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When things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh.
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I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.
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Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.
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This is the voice of your ego. If you listen to it, there will always be someone who seems to be doing better than you.
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It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?
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For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much.
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Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.
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Our love is like a red, red rose and I am a little thorny.
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Comedy is a high form of art becaus it brings us more joy than anything else.
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Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don’t limit myself.
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If I’m not back in 5 minutes, just wait longer.
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I absolutely want to have a career where you make’em laugh and make’em cry. It’s all theater.
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My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.
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A lot of good love can happen in ten years.
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I love playing ego and insecurity combined.
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The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, ‘Is that a $20 million take?’ That kind of thing, and being self-critical.
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I don’t remember yesterday. I pretty much live in the moment.
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The peace that we’re after lies somewhere beyond personality, beyond the perception of others, beyond invention and disguise, even beyond effort itself.
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Life doesn’t happen to you. It happens for you.
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Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.
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You know the trouble with real life? There’s no danger music.
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If done right, kidnapping can be a positive experience for everyone.
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My life is not unlike Truman’s. I can’t go anywhere.
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