"A man should be what he can do." — Montgomery Clift

A man should be what he can do. - Montgomery Clift

"A man should be what he can do."

— Montgomery Clift

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14 Quotes by Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what…
Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive?
The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up…
Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs!
If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.
I have enough money to get by. I'm not independently wealthy, just independently lazy, I suppose.
The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.
I keep my family out of my public life because it can be an awful nuisance to them. What's my…
Nobody ever lies about being lonely.
Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself.…
James Dean’s death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don’t know…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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