John C. Hawkes Quotes
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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In 1995, I founded a storytelling program for children called Neighborhood Bridges in collaboration with the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, which is 15 elementary schools in the Twin Cities.
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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Stay focused on the mission.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys.
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None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
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My father has a manufacturing company in Kentucky, and he's an electrical engineer. A brilliant man. A brilliant businessman. So he understands the business aspects of my business very well. My dad and I always communicate when I have to negotiate a deal.
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I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
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There's been a progression in my sound.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
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I never went to school for acting; it just comes to me. I never practice. I read the script, I'll memorize it. I don't even practice the acting. I'll just do it the day, and it will just come to me.
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What I've tried to do is bring the madness out in the open. Keep it under wraps, and it erupts into wars and violence.
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Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives? How hard can it be to change gears and say, 'You know what? Instead of inventing and telling stories, I’m going to make my life a more interesting story.' (p. 177)
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Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.
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I do not limit God by seeing limitation in myself. With God and myself all things are possible.
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I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.
