"I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional."

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Source : "Martin Lawrence Interview BIG MOMMA'S: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON; Updates on BAD BOYS 3 and THE SKANK ROBBERS With Jamie Foxx". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 13, 2011.

Martin Lawrence

#Character Quotes #Trying Quotes #Want Quotes

“When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.”
“Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.55
“I think your imagination is your reality”
“Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed.”
“In â€˜life,â€™ I donâ€™t want to be reduced to my work. In â€˜work,â€™ I donâ€™t want to be reduced to my life.”
“On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don't resolve your issues it literally could mean - and this would be an extreme circumstance - the sinking of the ship. You learn a lot about other people. You learn a lot about yourself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for awhile, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages.”

Source : John Bellairs (2002). “House with a Clock in Its Walls / Ghost in the Mirror Flip Book”, Puffin
“The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.”

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