“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on and individual level. It’s got to happen inside first. You can take away a man’s political freedom and you won’t hurt him- unless you take away his freedom to feel. That can destroy him. That kind of freedom can’t be granted. Nobody can win it for you.” – Jim Morrison
What quote inspires you?
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It’s weird – whenever I read deep quotes like this, I see the interview scenes in the movie “Almost Famous” where the kid is talking to the lead singer of the band in the movie.
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Jonathan Reply:
October 1st, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I forgot… a quote that inspires me…
“The sharpest blades are the most easily blunted, bent, or broken” – the executor of the will of Beethoven.
It reminds me that great talent should be cherished, and protected.
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:49 am
Excellent quote and a great reminder. Thanks for sharing Jonathan
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“This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has done before and that no one will copy again throughout human existence. A-And if nothing else, you’ll be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing. ”
- Sam, “Garden State”
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
Excellent movie choice. My favorite quote from that movie is when they’re talking about home. Thanks for sharing Phampants
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“Often times in real life, getting ahead is not so much about being smart as it is being bold.”
~ From some book I read and this was the only part that resonated with me.
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:51 am
It’s a good reminder! Thanks for sharing Jay
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“I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.”
–John Lennon
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
Oh John Lennon… I love him. Thanks for sharing Taylor
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I have a couple, and they’re all in my facebook.
1. No one can make you feel inferior unless you let them.–Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.–Helen Keller
3. When I’m good, I’m really good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.–Mae West
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
All excellent quotes! Thanks for sharing Angela
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My favorite is:
“In the end, it doesn’t matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”
I don’t know where the quote is from though:S
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 am
It’s a beautiful quote. I’ve seen it floating around the internet, but I have yet to catch who said it. Thanks for sharing Cecille!
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Two quotes.
“It’s not the size of the pencil. It’s how big you write your name.”
- Ronnie James Dio
“In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve ever learned about life…It goes on.”
- Robert Frost
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:54 am
LOVE these quotes! Thanks for sharing MinD
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i love jim morrison and the doors… all of his quotes seem to be amazing…
every time i see this picture of him i wish they would have made a rock version of the wizard of oz, im sure he would have made an excellent scarecrow
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Jenn Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Ha! I can’t say I’ve ever heard that before. It would be really interesting to see a rock version of that movie though. Make it happen Hollywood!
P.S. I’m actually really surprised by the awesomeness of Morrison’s quotes. Either they caught him on really good days or he was pretty much a genius.
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“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don’t give up.” Anne Lamott
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