John Hawkes Quotes
I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.
Quotes to Explore
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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Being evil is easy.
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I'm not a control freak.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
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I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I will take the subway and look at certain women and think 'God, that woman's story will never be told. How come that lady doesn't get a movie about her?'
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There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.
Nastassja Kinski -
I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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After 9/11, new security measures not only added longer lines and earlier check-ins, but took away our privilege of carrying knitting needles or our favorite moisturizer on board with us. Although we want to be safe when we fly, in some ways it all just adds to the misery of our experience.
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It makes me upset, if not angry, when people assume that there can be no morality without a religious framework. If there's a moral framework without all that religious stuff, it's more valuable.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I always believe that my greatest audience will come from 70-year-old Jewish men and Jewish women, but that's me from my experience of going to High Holiday services and being adored by the women with free candy in the back.
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I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do.
