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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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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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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An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
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Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
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Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter, be without the little skill which I possess in the art.
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In the long run all love is paid by love, Though undervalued by the hosts of earth; The great eternal Government above Keeps strict account and will redeem its worth. Give thy love freely; do not count the cost; So beautiful a thing was never lost In the long run.
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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.
