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- Nov 07, 2020
Prison Quotes
Most Famous Prison Quotes of All Time!
Actors who spend time on set discussing scenes with the cast often pause to imagine the harsher reality an actual inmate would face beyond a short visit. Convincing audiences that an impossible escape feels plausible takes real skill, a challenge our Being quotes touch on.
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- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
A friend of mine is chief of staff at a big prison in Georgia. Along with giving me a tour of the prison, she allowed me to meet inmates.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two phone calls parents don't ever want to get from their children. No. 1 is, 'I'm in prison. Come fetch me.' And No. 2 is, 'I've written a novel... and it's set in your hometown.'
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
How does a nice Catholic girl end up going to prison for a year? It's crazy. I've made mistakes. I have to pay for those mistakes.
- Hire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't hire a prison consultant.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't need a lot of credentials to be prison guard in a federal prison. And, you know, you give them a set of keys and a weapon, and they're in power.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what they deal with on a day-to-day basis.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested.
- Punishment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
- Deregulated
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
- Pilot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly.
- Nov 07, 2020
My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then I'll remember if I were actually an inmate, I'd only be out there an hour. The other 23 hours of the day, I'd be in my cell. It's kind of a downer.
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