At that time there was a beam that could catapult people to the stars, and that was ‘ The Tonight Show, ’ we all gathered around the heat of that. … If Johnny liked me it meant something to me, that I ’m not only good at what I do but he thinks I ’m intelligent and likes to talk to me.

Jim Carrey

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My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

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Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or y... by Jim Carrey

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

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I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.

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Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.

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Take a chance on faith - not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

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Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. by Jim Carrey

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

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Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

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You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world....you will only ever have two choices: love or fear. Choose love, and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.

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Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you. by Jim Carrey

Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you.

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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.

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You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a... by Jim Carrey

You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world. by Jim Carrey

You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world.

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I have no limits! I cannot be contained because I'm the container... by Jim Carrey

I have no limits! I cannot be contained because I'm the container.

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There are peaks, there are valleys. But they're all kind of carved and smoothed out, and it feels like a low level of despair you live in. Where you're not getting any answers, but you're living OK. And you can smile at the office. You know? But it's a low level of despair. I was on Prozac for a long time. It may have helped me out of a jam for a little bit, but people stay on it forever. I had to get off at a certain point because I realized that, you know, everything's just OK.

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So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicali... by Jim Carrey

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

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You might as well take a chance on doing what you love. by Jim Carrey

You might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

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Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth. by Jim Carrey

Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.

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What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.

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I wrote myself a check for ten million dollars for acting services rendered and dated it Thanksgiving 1995. I put it in my wallet and it deteriorated. And then, just before Thanksgiving 1995, I found out I was going to make ten million dollars for Dumb & Dumber. I put that check in the casket with my father because it was our dream together.

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If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

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