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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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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Just because you make a good plan, doesn't mean that's what's gonna happen.
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I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that consumer choice should be a paramount value in retailing.
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Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.
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When you give, you receive.
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This is a profession for me, but I started off as a self-publisher working on my own schedule and my own stuff before moving on to graphic novels with First Second Books, where there was definitely a schedule, but it was very different from monthly comics.
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Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school.
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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.
