Eddie Slovik Quotes
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.
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When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being capped; we knew that diversifying would be much better; we knew that there were terrible dictators and horrible governments that we were enriching who hated us. We knew all that and we did really nothing.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Life is a great university for the unfolding of the mind, for developing character. In choosing our life work, when we are free to choose, we should remember this, and choose that which will call the biggest man or woman out of us and not that from which we can coin the most dollars.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.
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Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that reality, and thank God.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
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It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.
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I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and that's very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.
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I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of a bike trip to Chile. I have this fantasy of flying into Morocco. But right now, it's about getting the work done and getting home to family. I have an adventure every morning, getting up.
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<...> I’ve never believed there is any animal more dangerous than a human being. I never will. It’s the intelligence. It’s the mind that makes it so.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.
