Richard Gere quotes - page 2

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality. (Richard Gere)
There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character. View quote
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Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are. View quote
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When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate. View quote
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I have no sense of time, and I'm a dreamer. View quote
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There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there. View quote
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I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable. View quote
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The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested. View quote
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I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling. View quote
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When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things. View quote
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I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe. (Richard Gere)
It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves. View quote
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People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does. View quote
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Well I think on a simple ecological level that the diversity of this planet is important for our survival, that all of our different cultures, people are important to the health of the whole the same way that a species of animal should be saved and at a simple ecology level. View quote
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There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable. View quote
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Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world. View quote
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I've stayed good friends with most of my girlfriends. View quote
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I have a lot of beautiful friends. View quote
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I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they're not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church. View quote
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I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically depending on how much money you have. It's the texture of life. View quote
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I meditate. Daily practice is essential to my life. (Richard Gere)
I tend to be a bit of a dreamer. View quote
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I would rather be loved than have money and all that other stuff. View quote
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I've got a lot of opportunities, a lot of love in my life, a lot of things going for me. Still, it's not complete. I know this is not the whole thing. There's much more. View quote
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I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes. View quote
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