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I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

Martin Sheen

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Martin Sheen
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: August 3
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I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth. The leaders are the ones who make the decisions. The soldiers do not have the choice. I support the soldiers as human beings.
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My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.
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The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The man says, “I have no scars”. St. Peter says, “What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for”?
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We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something otherwise we're left to question its value.
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Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow.
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George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if youll pardon the expression.
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I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.
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Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.
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I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.
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This supposed idyllic society we have is the most confused, warped, addicted society in the history of the world. We are addicted to power, we're addicted to our own image of ourselves, to violence, divorce, abortion, and sex.
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Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.
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If you are on an honest journey to find yourself, you'll find God.
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I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.
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We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)
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My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.
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There is no greater virtue than honesty.
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I don't think abortion is a good idea. I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.
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I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.
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