Emilio Estevez Quotes
If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I find very often people like to confront rumors. It depends on how much they trust you. And you have to have a line between what is tasteful and what isn't.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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The gargantuan promiscuity of the Seventies gay male world was a pagan phenomenon, unequaled in scale since the Roman empire.
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I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.
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Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.
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Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner's manual for your own mind. It's a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships?
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The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.
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If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.
