Young Quotes - Page 24

• If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.

  Jack Nicholson

  Writing, Thinking, Ifs

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• I wasn't a babe in the woods. I'd watched a lot of stars, from James Dean to Brando, and I'd seen everybody alive work at MGM. I had a certain old-timer's quality, even though I was young and new, and drew on what I believed before I made it.

  Jack Nicholson

  Stars, Quality, Alive

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• I don't have kids. Maybe that's kept me young. I have a wife for almost 50 years and she looks after me a little bit like I was seven years-old.

  Christopher Walken

  Kids, Years, Wife

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off certain kinds of roles. I think that's the problem with the system, where a lot of younger actors who haven't had a chance to develop suddenly become stars.

  Christopher Walken

  Stars, Thinking, Depth

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• I do have some kind of gravitational pull towards young characters with more responsibility than they should have.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Character, Responsibility, Should Have

  "Jennifer Lawrence: Natural Talent". Stylist Interview, www.stylist.co.uk.

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• Leadership will either lead you into a ditch or lead you into purpose. We need our leaders, especially those who are teaching our young people, to have the right message.

  Myles Munroe

  Teaching, People, Leader

  Source: encomium.ng

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• Young people all over the world are very frustrated. They are very disillusioned. Many of them are turning their back on religion. They are walking away from the faith of their parents, and most of this is because religion has failed them.

  Myles Munroe

  Walking Away, People, Parent

  Source: encomium.ng

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• I tell young people all the time because they think I'm an overnight success I've been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people.

  Eric Thomas

  Mean, Thinking, Years

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• I started as a GED instructor, I created my own GED program, and I realized that a lot of young people that don’t do well academically. It’s not that they don’t have the competency to do it or the skill set to do it; it’s just that they weren’t motivated to learn. They weren’t interested in school, so I started just talking to students and just really going in on them like, “Yo, this is life or death.”

  Eric Thomas

  School, Talking, Skills

  "Daily Word: Happy Holidays!! (You Have to Want Success As Bad As You Want To Breathe!!)". Interview with Ash Cash, allhiphop.com. December 25, 2012.

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• What a thrill to be able to say that you had a contribution in the life of someone - a young person, perhaps, who is trying to take a look at the possibility of their own lives and find out what they are good at and you can help steer their career.

  Erik Weihenmayer

  Careers, Trying, Looks

  Source: www.afb.org

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• I've always relied on discipline to achieve goals great and small. At a young age, my father instilled a real work ethic in me - and a fear of men. I always felt like if I didn't have a natural knack for something, I could kind of out-discipline the competition as it were. So I would always work as hard as I possibly could, sometimes to my own detriment and my personal life. For me, I think will power and discipline are very synonymous.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Father, Real, Men

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I believe young female directors in particular should always remind themselves of the truths of their own stories and not let outsiders influence the authenticity of their films.

  Shahad Ameen

  Believe, Directors, Female

  "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Shahad Ameen – ‘Eye & Mermaid’". Interview with Kelcie Mattson, www.indiewire.com. September 13, 2014.

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• I always say that comedians and actors were all kind of shy when they were young. I was very, believe it or not, kind of embarrassed as a child. But my mother was a very strong lady and she was the one that kept it going when I thought it would be over for me as a performer. She was always my inspiration and she was a big influence on me.

  Don Rickles

  Mother, Strong, Children

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• When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

  Moby

  Rocks, Band, Punk

  "Exclusive Premiere of Moby’s New Video, 'The Last Day'". Interview with Jaeah Lee, www.motherjones.com. September 2, 2014.

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• Everyone wants to be called an outsider so I'm a proud insider. If I was young I'd be in my parents' house shutting down the government on my computer. The new delinquent is the hacker.

  John Waters

  Government, House, Parent

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• I keep very close in touch with the fans - to see what they like. I'm very in touch with my audience; I get older and they get younger, which I think is the ultimate compliment. I think hitchhiking brought a few of them out! Even though all young people have never hitchhiked, all people my age did at one point in their life, they just don't do it now.

  John Waters

  Thinking, People, Age

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• I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to actors when I have taught in classes, or when I sometimes do a talk to a group. I'll say, “If I never acted again, the world wouldn't stop, nor would it stop if I didn't stop acting. That's how important it is. I know it [seems] important when you're young. But I say, “Lighten up. Don't take it all so seriously.” All the gurus and teachers will take your money and run.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Running, Teacher, Thinking

  Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. January, 2006.

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• Most of my last 30 years have been like that. Results and manifestations of things I'd dreamed of as a young kid and wanted as a child and as a young man. I realized it maybe 30 years ago. I thought, "This is unreal. This has happened as I expected it to, as I'd pictured it." My whole life has been like that and I'm fascinated by that power that we all have. That we create our lives as we go.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Children, Kids, Men

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• I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Creative, Brain, Sensible

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• I got into film acting because I wanted to be James Dean. We lost him at a very young age - he was only 24 - but I’m 51 going on 52, so there's only so many times you can act like James Dean. I had to find new ways of expressing myself that kept me fascinated with film performance.

  Nicolas Cage

  Age, Acting, Way

  "Nicolas Cage: ‘Personal Issues Don’t Have a Place in Film Commentary’" by Eliza Berman, time.com. August 7, 2015.

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• Sometimes when I get up after writing, I'm surprised at how my body feels. Suddenly I'm not a lanky, hungry young boy any more. It's no fun putting on ten years and fifty pounds all of a sudden. Other times, I get up and I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm not a weary innkeeper, hopeless, with bones that feel like they're made of lead. I really sink into the characters that I write.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Fun, Character, Writing

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• I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.

  Angelina Jolie

  Responsibility, Acting, Cameras

  "Angelina Jolie: 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. March 31, 2015.

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• I always liked to be fairly simple because you could get more players ready to play quickly. If you lose players to free agency, injuries, etc., it is easier to get young players ready to play in a less complex system.

  Tony Dungy

  Simple, Player, Agency

  Interview with Aaron Schatz, www.footballoutsiders.com. May 11, 2010.

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• Each soul has it's own path. Children are young personalities but they are not always young souls. Incarnation into the domain of the five senses is a dramatic act of spiritual responsibility. Neonates are great souls and so I honor their paths. I do the best that I can, but the best that I can do is to change myself. To make myself a citizen like I want others to be.

  Gary Zukav

  Spiritual, Children, Responsibility

  Source: www.douglasgillies.com

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• Talking about sexual morality, I wouldn't agree that it's declining, but it's certainly changing. Young and old, we are very much in the process of taking a fresh look at the whole issue of morality. The only decline that's taking place - and it's about time - is in the old puritanical concept that sex is equated with sin.

  Johnny Carson

  Sex, Talking, Issues

  Source: www.alex-haley.com

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