Ethan Hawke Quotes
In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a big word. It's kind of pathetic, but I have to love what I'm doing.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.
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And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.
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With giant sites like Facebook and MySpace becoming as generic as Yahoo and AOL of old, more and more sites will be looking for an edge by drilling down deeply to serve a highly targeted audience.
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Actors don't have real value.
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One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting.
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If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.
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In fact, I think my life is always going to be difficult, because I am trying to do something... "original" is a big word. It's kind of pathetic, but I have to love what I'm doing.
