My dad was like a stage mother he always pushed me to do what I wanted.
JIM CARREYIt is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?
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When things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh.
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Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.
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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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If I’m not back in 5 minutes, just wait longer.
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I used to be a guy who was experiencing the Universe, but now I feel like the Universe experiencing a guy.
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Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It’s the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.
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I got a lot of support from my parents. That’s the one thing I always appreciated. They didn’t tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.
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For the most sensitive among us, the noise can be too much.
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Psychologically, it’s what I love to be. Tearing apart a person from the inside out.
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There was a time when people said, ‘Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.’ Now they just say, ‘Pay him!’
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I’m the first to admit this whole salary thing is getting out of control. In the final analysis, it’s still about the work.
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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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The purpose of art is to bring people into presence.
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I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that 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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I used to draw a lot. If my mother would ask me to do something else, I’d have a hairy conniption. I’d just go crazy.
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Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much.
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Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
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If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?
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One thing I hope I’ll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.
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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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Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.
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One of the most corrosive threats to society moving forward is social media and right wing disinformation.
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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.
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There is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that’s going to eat you.
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I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don’t know if it’s possible forever and ever.
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