“If what you seek is freedom, the only person who can teach you anything, the only person who can help you is someone who's already done it, who knows the way. No one else can do a damn thing for you but slow you down.” IfsKnowsWayPersonsDoneHelpingCan DoTeachTeacherDamnEnlightenedDamn Things Author:Frederick Lenz
“An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same way. He has developed a technique to convey those feelings so that he can get the ideas across. Or a musician may not want to play that damn music at all, but he has a booking and has to do it.” WayWantYearsMayIdeasPlayFeelingsNightThreeActorsCan DoEmotionMusicianTechniqueDamnThree YearsEvery NightBroadway Author:Richard Estes
“I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.” WellsLittlesPoetrySpiritualityCan DoApproachCarefulDamnBe Careful Book:The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery Source: The Cold Dish: A Longmire Mystery
“If anybody wants to engage in any kind of sexual activity with any consenting partner, that is their business. Anybody can do anything they damn well please, as long as the relationship isn't exploitive. And I don't feel that legality should have anything to do with it. There are certain bodily functions of mine which I will not allow to be supervised.” IfsWantFeelsShouldWellsKindLongCertainCan DoMinesPleaseActivityShould HaveFunctionSexualityPartnersDamnLegalityBodily Functions Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.” IfsWorldWellsMadeCan DoPleaseDamn Book:Ishmael: A Novel Source: Ishmael: A Novel
“I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.” IfsWantNeedsWellsShowsKidsFilmCertainActorsBlackCan DoTelevisionTvsDramaAdultsIndependentShoesHolesDamnTv ShowsYou Can Do ItIndependent FilmBlack HoleCache Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Just be yourself and everything will fall in line, the way it's supposed to be. If you're yourself, that's the best thing you can do, because you can never go "damn if I'd only been myself." Live an authentic life and you don't have to worry about your reputation.” IfsWayFallCan DoLinesWorryReputationSupposed To BeBest ThingsDamnBeing YourselfJust Be YourselfAuthentic Life Author:Joan Jett