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James Dean

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The quotes of James Dean have been shared, printed, and passed along for good reason. With equal ease, James Dean moved between Great and Work, finding connections others missed. Our collection holds 13 quotes from James Dean, each offering a different angle on Great, Work, Trust, Strength, and Nature. As James Dean put it: "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

“Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.”

— James Dean

Trust

All Quotes by James Dean

“Only the gentle are ever really strong.”

— James Dean

Strength

“Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.”

— James Dean

Dreams

“To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.”

— James Dean

Great

“Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.”

— James Dean

Alone

“Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.”

— James Dean

Trust

“I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.”

— James Dean

Work

“There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.”

— James Dean

Great

“I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.”

— James Dean

Beauty

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.”

— James Dean

Death