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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.


Samuel L. Jackson

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BEN TOLOSA Life's not perfect. Some loose ends may never get trimmed up and tidied.
HODA KOTB If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.
Either you just let the grudge go, or mak...
TOBA BETA I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the gam...
JOEL KINNAMAN It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l...
LAURE96 Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.
GINA GREENLEE Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere morta...
ICE CUBE Great actors like Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page and Samuel L. Jackson will go and do a videogame, beca...
ANDY SERKIS I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wa...
TED LINDSAY It ends or it doesn't.
That’s what you say. That’s
how you get through it.
The tu...
CAITLYN SIEHL You want to be happy? you should first learn how to let it go
SAM Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER When we cut down an destroy rain forests we are not only killing living things that have been on thi...
GARY F EVANS... I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the gay community supporting me. I wouldn...
KIESZA You were many wonderful things to many people before you met him--don't let this one event define wh...
MARY ESSELMAN The idea of me writing something that I'd get to be in as well was not what I saw coming. I do t...
ERIN FOSTER More power to that. I love just hearing Samuel L. Jackson blurt out the F-word every five seconds.
CHRIS ROHAN I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, ...
CHRISTIAN BALE It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.
SAM DONALDSON When I see something, I go for it.
JACKEE HARRY Maybe you've never fallen into a frozen stream. Here's what happens.
1. It is cold. So cold tha...
MAUREEN JOHNSON They can't give you all that, Mr Jimson,' said Walter, who was upset. 'It wouldn't be right. What wo...
JOYCE CARY Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.
RICK RIORDAN Its not what the universe gives us that matters, but what we give the universe
LAUREN MYRACLE (LET IT SNOW) Boxing is a buzz, but I went into it to make a living. I wasn't going to go into the ring and ge...
FRANK BRUNO Don't close the door to the past, leave it open and let it go.
VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė Drowning his misery with alcohol and junk food was like sticking plaster on an infected cut. It mask...
JAY NORTHCOTE You should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thi...
JOHN GREEN The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about ...
VANILLA ICE For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine's Day is that it gets geared up as the day to...
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Please... Please

...

Please tell this people after few more words that you are...
DEYTH BANGER If we could have the ability to change the past and right our wrongs would it make us learn from any...
GARY F EVANS... To be in a time of technological change and advancement is an awesome thought indeed as long as it i...
GARY F EVANS... Let go of those thoughts that do not serve you anymore.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo...
DANIEL OJEDA If something excites you, go for it.
CHAD HURLEY You've gotta go for it, and go for it with gusto.
ELIZABETH MITCHELL I didn't go out for a soap until I moved to New York. I wasn't even considering soaps, but m...
TREVOR ST. JOHN It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just w...
R. LEE ERMEY It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.
JULIE ANDREWS I wasn't prepared for the fact that grief is so unpredictable. It wasn't just sadness, and i...
MEGHAN O'ROURKE Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So ...
ANDY WARHOL Now that it was safe to drag their relationship out into the light and examine it mercilessly it was...
MONICA DICKENS The cigarettes you light one after another won’t help you forget her.
FRANK SINATRA She bought seeds and raided nurseries and mulched and composted and spent full days with her hands f...
SARAH DESSEN I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON VIEW FROM A HILL

I am not yet quite over it.
I am lying down on top of it.
Surv...
JOHN TOTTENHAM If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to ...
LARRY MCMURTRY Better to feel nothing, to be numb, than to lose control. It's the only way I know to deal with it.
JULIE KAGAWA Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings ou...
JENNIFER BROWN If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it
SOTONYE ANGA [She is also clearly tickled by the memories of meeting the stars who have guest appearances on the ...
BEN STILLER Stay up... 'till you come up... when you come up stay up!
JOHNNIE DENT JR. Don't give up the fight. Don't dim out the light. Those who at first don't believe in you, will soon...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR If you don't think it.
You'll never do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came ...
FAMKE JANSSEN Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.
GINA GREENLEE It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I ...
NANCY KERRIGAN I rehearsed 50. I kind of stared at it a long time. I wasn't going to let it terrify me.
DIANE LANE She parted her lips as though she were going to scold him, but, after a moment of sitting with her m...
KELSEY BRICKL When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the d...
TED TURNER Instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will.
STEPHEN KING When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me ...
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON Let's don't do it again and again, posting the same, saying the same and the same. It's pointless!
DEYTH BANGER If you really want it, then go for it. GO! GO! GO!
SOTONYE ANGA Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process
SOTONYE ANGA When I started on 'Roseanne,' it was a great achievement for me at the time. But I wasn'...
JOHNNY GALECKI Nothing can escape death.
Not even the Sun.
Not even the Earth.
Not even the unive...
HINA YU At one stage, I didn't have any money, so I slept on the streets for a few nights. It wasn't...
KERRY STOKES I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finishe...
IMELDA MAY For me it was just more important to get the cancer out. With the double mastectomy I now have less ...
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VIN DIESEL He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs…
“Okay,�...
RICK RIORDAN I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.
DUNCAN JONES My manager came up with the idea of taking a Pro Tool rig out on the road to record every night and ...
JOSH TURNER For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the...
CHRISTINA ENGELA I had no regret to the 'cuchi-cuchi' show. It showed me the way to the bank. It's a gimm...
CHARO Look, everyone mourns at their own pace. Maybe you're just a little bit ahead of her, but she'll get...
SARAH DESSEN When I was younger, coming up in this industry, I was 17, 18 years old. You couldn't tell me Bey...
LIL MAMA The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
FAMKE JANSSEN I tried to go to college in the U.K. a couple of times, but at that point, I think I was a little di...
BILLY HOWLE Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I ...
J. R. SMITH - I tak nieźle sobie pożyłem.
- Co to za życie? – powiedział ojciec.- Nic tylko kłamstw...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Don't chew your worries, your suffering, or your projects. That's not good for your health. Just che...
THICH NHAT HANH The reason people will attack you never really has anything to do with you. It stems from their OWN ...
SANDRA M. MICHELLE We always live in the tommorow,which never comes and which cannot come; it is impossible. That which...
OSHO Frank Sinatra took me to a whole new planet. I worked with him until he passed away in '98. He l...
QUINCY JONES When I showed up at UH, my hair was past my waist. I had a goatee. I wasn't a theater geek; I wa...
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ANAT COHEN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that...
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Percy was getting tired of water.
If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Po...
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SAMUEL JACKSON She has been in here several times before but that particular day I don't remember her.
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TIFFANY L. JACKSON If we truly believe and understand how omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent God is, we should kno...
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TIFFANY L. JACKSON When you think about the success you desire, don’t forget that God’s “not yet” doesn’t mea...
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TIFFANY L. JACKSON The sad reality is that most people are more afraid of good possibilities than bad possibilities.
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L. L. HENDREN I never liked you, and I always will.
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SAMUEL PEPYS Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
SAMUEL PEPYS Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our conditi...
SAMUEL PEPYS Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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SAMUEL MORSE My hearing has suffered seriously; just now I am obliged to have the assistance of an ear trumpet. T...
SAMUEL LOVER Oh, happy triumph of the poet! - to hear his verses wedded to sweet sounds, and warbled by the woman...
SAMUEL LOVER To return after long years of painful absence to some place which has been the scene of our former j...
SAMUEL LOVER How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might,...
SAMUEL LOVER Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
SAMUEL LOVER When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. ...
SAMUEL LOVER Come live in my heart, and pay no rent.
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SAMUEL LOVER I'm not a very typical singer.
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SAMUEL LARSEN I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously bef...
SAMUEL LARSEN You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
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SAMUEL LARSEN I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with ...
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SAMUEL LARSEN Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.
SAMUEL LARSEN On 'Glee,' the director can be like, 'Hey, your face is looking a little too intense her...
SAMUEL LARSEN The first time I heard 'Jolene,' I was 12 years old, and it was performed by Jack White. I r...
SAMUEL LARSEN One of the biggest things I learned was that it's OK to be nervous and admit that you're hav...
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SAMUEL LARSEN I think anyone taken out of their comfort zone and put somewhere else will change.
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SAMUEL LARSEN Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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SAMUEL JOHNSON Love is only one of many passions.
SAMUEL JOHNSON My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
SAMUEL JOHNSON The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
SAMUEL JOHNSON Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of i...
SAMUEL HORSLEY Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discove...
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SAMUEL HOPKINS If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold th...
SAMUEL HOPKINS Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.
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SAMUEL HOPKINS Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and th...
SAMUEL HOPKINS However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
SAMUEL HOPKINS My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to dem...
SAMUEL GOMPERS The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice a...
SAMUEL GOMPERS The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
SAMUEL GOMPERS Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liber...
SAMUEL GOMPERS Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where yo...
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SAMUEL FULLER When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of th...
SAMUEL FULLER We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
SAMUEL FULLER Surviving is the only glory in war.
SAMUEL FULLER When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
SAMUEL FOOTE Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.
SAMUEL FOOTE He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
SAMUEL FOOTE Death and the dice level all distinctions.
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SAMUEL DASH I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I migh...
SAMUEL DASH I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world.
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SAMUEL DASH I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay...
SAMUEL DASH Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its out...
SAMUEL DASH I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and infor...
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SAMUEL DASH We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes.
SAMUEL DANIEL The wise are above books.
SAMUEL DANIEL And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
SAMUEL DANIEL Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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SAMUEL DANIEL The stars that have most glory have no rest.
SAMUEL DANIEL Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.
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SAMUEL CHASE Summon me, then; I will be the posse comitatus; I will take them to jail.
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SAMUEL CHASE People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio b...
SAMUEL BUTLER Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
SAMUEL BUTLER To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
SAMUEL BUTLER If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.
SAMUEL BUTLER The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.
SAMUEL BUTLER Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
SAMUEL BUTLER A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
SAMUEL BUTLER Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
SAMUEL BUTLER Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
SAMUEL BUTLER Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in ...
SAMUEL BECKETT All I know is what the words know, and dead things, and that makes a handsome little sum, with a beg...
SAMUEL BECKETT No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I alw...
SAMUEL BECKETT Do we mean love, when we say love?
SAMUEL BECKETT Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on...
SAMUEL BECKETT You're on earth. There's no cure for that.
SAMUEL BECKETT If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
SAMUEL BECKETT What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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SAMUEL BECKETT I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
SAMUEL BECKETT In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
SAMUEL BECKETT If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not love you I shall not love.
SAMUEL BECKETT I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left co...
SAMUEL BARNETT I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings...
SAMUEL BARNETT In New York, I get people coming up to me because 'The History Boys' was such a hit on Broad...
SAMUEL BARNETT With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you c...
SAMUEL BARNETT I hope it's always going to be a mix between theatre, film and radio. I've been very lucky l...
SAMUEL BARNETT The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly reb...
SAMUEL BARNETT My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career t...
SAMUEL BARNETT I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind m...
SAMUEL BARNETT I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I...
SAMUEL BARNETT Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to b...
SAMUEL BARNETT I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
SAMUEL BARNETT I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
SAMUEL BARNETT Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the lang...
SAMUEL BARNETT It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it&#...
SAMUEL BARNETT This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi...
SAMUEL BARNETT I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.
SAMUEL BARNETT Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
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