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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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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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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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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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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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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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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If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
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We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
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I want people to get inspired by public space - their space. People tend to forget about it because they do the daily thing, but putting up these sculptures breaks the routine.
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Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.
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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.
