Jim Carrey on chance
Jim Carrey102 quotes“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.”
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The early bird gathers no moss! The rolling stone catches the worm.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey I tend to stay up late, not because I’m partying but because it’s the only time of the day when I’m alone and don’t have to be performing.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey But, you know, you can’t be a star at home.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey As far as I can tell, it’s just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey 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.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don’t know if it’s possible forever and ever.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey I’ve never been one to sit back and go, ‘I’d better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don’t want to lose them.’
Jim CarreyJim Carrey If you’ve got a talent, protect it.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey Isn’t it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good, actually do?
Jim CarreyJim Carrey A better you means a better universe.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey 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.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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I never had a plan B. I feel if u have a plan B, you are giving yourself the chance to never accomplish plan A. My plan B was to accomplish plan A.
Behdad SamiBehdad Sami You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it’s either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won’t be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.
Ben E. KingBen E. King I listened, vaguely knowing now that I had committed some awful wrong that I could not undo, that I had uttered words I could not recall even though I ached to nullify them.
Richard WrightRichard Wright The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.
Ben BernankeBen Bernanke You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I’ll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
Barry BostwickBarry Bostwick Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors because he takes chances.
Bai LingBai Ling On the stage you get the chance to do all that, to analyze and build a part, to react, to contribute something no one else can-not the author, not even the director.
Barry NelsonBarry Nelson
