John C. Hawkes Quotes
On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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People take things so seriously.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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Well, I think again, the worst part of it was just leading up to it, before we got on set, at least for me... dreading this idea that I was just going to suck and I really had strong feelings about that. I just didn't want to be that weak link.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.
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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
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Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important.
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Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.
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On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.
