Ethan Hawke Quotes
I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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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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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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In 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover.
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I'm a serial monogamist.
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I'm very lucky.
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People can be slave-ships in shoes.
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Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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I think there's still room for compelling voices to build up and get a great following.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
